​Aug. 7—In the first two years of the Women’s Decathlon World Championships, the only competitor to make the podium across both years was Eagle River’s Jordyn Bruce, who earned back-to-back bronze medals.While she is proud to be the only competitor to have achieved that feat, Bruce’s sights are set on bringing home the gold as she competes in the third annual world championships this weekend at Ohio’s Oberlin College.”That’s the goal,” Bruce said. “I’m going to keep fighting this weekend.”The competition will take place over two days, starting with the 100-meter dash Saturday and wrapping up Sunday.On Sunday, there will be a two-hour broadcast from 2-4 p.m. Alaska time on the All Women’s Sports Network. Viewing platforms and options are available online.Excitement is the main emotion that Bruce has been feeling ahead of this year’s multi-event competition because the talent she’s up against has gotten deeper and more challenging.”It’s been growing so much every year, which is amazing to see,” she said. “I’m super excited to see all the competitors that I’ve become friends with over the years. Personally, I’ve been getting better every year, and I’m hoping to continue that trend and push the barriers of what I can do.”Bruce’s parents flew in Thursday and will soon be joined by her grandmother, uncle and a cousin cheering her on. She’s also excited about the broadcast, which is in its first year.”It’s amazing and I’m super excited to have family be able to watch from across the world,” Bruce said. “There’s some watch parties out there, but my family is pretty scattered about, so it’s incredible to have that exposure. And knowing that people can watch it is a huge deal too and makes it more of a prominent event.”Becoming jack of all trades in track and fieldBruce didn’t start competing in the multi-events until she got to college, and she was recruited for heptathlon as well as the 400 hurdles.”I was mainly a 300 hurdler back in my high school Alaska days,” she said. “I learned to jump and throw when I got to college, and then I started doing the decathlon in 2023. About that time frame, I learned discus and pole vault.”As a swimmer during her time at Eagle River High School, throwing the javelin didn’t come naturally to her.”It was definitely different,” Bruce said. “It’s a different type of implement than a ball, which makes it a little more difficult to throw precisely. I think javelin is the one event that took me probably the longest time to learn, not clicking much until my post-collegiate career.”Coming out of high school, her original plan was to compete in swimming at the collegiate level. Then one of her coaches from Alaska Running Academy suggested that she visit Illinois State, where they had a friend in the head coach position.”He was like, ‘You should really just do one visit for track and see how it goes and see if you like it,’ and that visit ended up kind of swaying my decision to switch sports in college, and kind of was the decid