In the men's decathlon, Ehammer held a 263 point lead over Germany's Nico Beckers after the first day of competition at the Stadion Ratingen.

He could only place eighth in the 1,500 metres with a time of 4min 57.55sec, but triumphed in his 110m hurdles group in 13.75sec.

In the field events, posting the joint-highest mark of 5.00 metres in the pole vault meant Ehammer could afford to finish ninth in the discus with a throw of 39.13m and seventh in the javelin with 53.01m.

Ehammer finished the Ratingen Mehrkampf-Meeting with 8,354 points, with Germany's Tim Nowak climbing from fourth to second on the second day with three second-place and two fourth-place finishes in his five events.

Nowak finished on 8,160, with Beckers third on 7,940.

Sweden's Marcus Nilsson forced himself into contention, but missed out on the podium with a score of 7,927.

Home favourite Weissenberg held a 53-point lead overnight in the women's heptathlon, which she extended to 103 on the second day.

She placed fourth in her 800 metres group with a 2:18.72 effort, second in the long jump with 6.21 metres and triumphed in the javelin by reaching the 48.00m mark.

Weissenberg finished on 6,273 points, with Carolin Schäfer securing a German one-two with 6,170.

France's Léonie Cambours finished third on 5,933, with Anna-Lena Obermaier of Germany missing out on the podium in fourth with her total of 5,745.

Bydgoszcz in Poland is set to host another Gold event on the World Athletics Combined Events Tour next Saturday and Sunday (May 14 and 15).