Frenchman Romain Barras and Hungarian Attila Zsivoczky on the line of finish in 1500m. Who is the winner this time?
This was Talence Decastar 2005 competition and Attila Zsivoczky won. His time was 4.24,64 whlie Romain Barras run 4.24,65!. Romain’s total score 8060 points was a little bit better than Attilal’s 8000. Oh, history!
The discipline and training applied by decathletes have always been regarded by me as the ultimate in athletic dedication. Whilst it is of course always a huge honour for any decathlete to achieve the ultimate status of World Champion, I cannot help but regard all those who dedicate themselves to this most gruelling of athletic disciplines as Champions - unknown person