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!
Attila Zsivoczky is a Hungarian decathlete best known for winning World Championships bronze in 2005 and European Championships silver in 2006, while also competing in three Olympic Games.
Romain Barras became Decathlon European Champion in Barcelona 2010. Barras was only the fourth French decathlon champion in European history, following Ignace Heinrich (1950), Christian Plaziat (1990), and Alain Blondel (1994) Post
Tomaš Dvorak dominated the 2000 Decastar in Talence with a world ‐class 8733 ‐point performance, narrowly holding off Erki Nool in a thrilling duel between two of the era’s greatest decathletes. Talence 2000 delivered one of the
Roman Šebrle captured the 2004 Talence Decastar title with 8217 points, holding off Bryan Clay and Dmitri Karpov in a competitive international decathlon field.
The Decathlon's nice in that you get to know the other athletes. It's almost like everyone helps each other out. We're all out there trying to win, but at the same time there's a friendship there too. It's always fun going to meets and catching up with the other guys - Tom Pappas