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Even though they are actually competing against each other, you can still call the decathletes a big family. They help each other, they cheer for each other, they celebrate victories together. They are not rivals but friends, something you will see in no other discipline, at least not to this extent.
It's quite rare for example, that two big rivals for a gold medal practice together, like Sebrle and Clay did before the World Championships in Helsinki.
Traditionally, all decathletes who finished the event do a round of honour together after the competition.
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Friendship Games Moscow 1984
Grigori Degtyaryov won the men’s decathlon at the 1984 Friendship Games in Moscow with 8523 points (8572 under the 1985 scoring tables), ahead of East Germany’s Torsten Voss and fellow Soviet Igor Sobolevski. Held on 17–18 August at the …
Torsten Voss
Torsten Voss has won gold medal at the World Championships in Roma 1987. In 1981, he claimed silver at the European U20 Championships, and in 1982 set a junior world record in decathlon with 8397 points.
Grigori Degtyaryov
Grigori Degtyaryov won the Götzis Hypomeeting in 1983 and 1984, Friendship Games gold in Moscow 1984 and Goodwill Games gold in Moscow 1986. Representing the Soviet Union, he set a personal best of 8698 points in Kyiv 1984, a performance …
History of Bulgarian Decathletes - part one
The traditions of Bulgarian decathlon stars during XX century were longlive and deserved some respect and good memories...
Let it snow, the Canadian winter-games in Götzis 2013
Damian Warner, the decathlete who surprised the World by coming from nowhere to finish 5th at the London Olympics (2012).
Igor Sobolevski
Igor Sobolevski won decathlon bronze at the Friendship Games in Moscow 1984. Representing the Soviet Union, he achieved his personal best of 8547 points in Kyiv that year and finished seventh at the 1983 European Cup in Sofia.
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