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Roman Šebrle won the 2005 Talence Decastar with 8326 points, finishing ahead of Aleksandr Pogorelov and Estonia’s Kristjan Rahnu in a high-quality decathlon competition.

Aki Heikkinen won the men’s decathlon at the 1998 IAAF World Junior Championships in Annecy with 7476 points, leading a Finnish one-two with Jaakko Ojaniemi (7246) and finishing ahead of Germany’s Thomas Pöge (7332).

The 3rd European Athletics U23 Championships were held in Amsterdam, Netherlands (2001)

Roman Šebrle captured the 2004 Talence Decastar title with 8217 points, holding off Bryan Clay and Dmitri Karpov in a competitive international decathlon field.

French men’s heptathlon all-time list up to 5800 points

French men’s decathlon all-time list up to 7800 points. Kevin Mayer holds the French all-time best in the men's decathlon with a world-record score of 9126 points, set in Talence in 2018.

19th European Athletics Championships were held in Göteborg 2006