Morné van As

Morné van As is a South African combined-events athlete — a decathlete whose event spans ten disciplines across two days, from the 100m and long jump to the pole vault, javelin and a closing 1500m. It is one of the most physically demanding programmes in all of sport.

That breadth is exactly why recovery matters. A decathlete trains sprints, jumps and throws in the same week, loading the whole body in every plane. Morné uses the Botthms Wellness Hub to manage that load — cold immersion and compression between heavy sessions, heat and soft-tissue work to stay loose across a long competition block.