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July 11, 2008

Germany's Jan Felix Knobel won the men's decathlon at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz with a combined points tally of 7896, a world leading mark.

Eduard Mikhan of Belarus (7894 points) and Serbia's Mihail Dudaš (7663), both national records, were second and third respectively.

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U20 World Championships Bydgoszcz 2008
Jan Felix Knobel won the decathlon at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz with 7896 points, just two ahead of Belarus’s Eduard Mikhan, who set a national U20 record of 7894. Serbia’s Mihail Dudaš took bronze with 7663.
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