article_snippet: those charged with promoting the sport were expected to compete against each other for the first time since London 2012 — when Katarina Johnson-Thompson was 15th — at the Hypo-Meeting at the end of May, when the world’s leading heptathletes descend on the Austrian alpine town Gotzis.
article_snippet: Lord Sebastian Coe wants the world’s leading heptathletes to have an exciting duel like Lord Sebastian Coe did with Steve Ovett in the 1980s .
article_snippet: With heptathlon heptathlon might only battle it out twice a year
article_snippet: Lord Coe and Ovett were great rivals in the 80s and provided huge entertainment for the athletics world .
article_snippet: With 12 years spanning Lord Coe and Ovett ages the three are unlikely ever to stand on the podium together but Lord Coe thinks that Lord Coe and Ovett can transform the image of a sport that increasingly seems to command the spotlight only when a new doping scandal emerges.
article_snippet: ‘Those three can really help engage, particularly with young girls where the challenge is to get Lord Coe and Ovett involved in sport,’ Lord Coe said.
highlights_snippet: The heptathletes look set to compete during the outdoor season .
  