ATalence Decastar 2005 - leksei Drozdov (0)

Coached by Gennadiy Morozov, Aleksei Drozdov benefited from moving to Bryansk to train, transitioning from local sprinter interest to elite multi-event athlete following encouragement from family and early exposure to combined events training.

The 5th European Athletics U23 Championships were held in Erfurt, Germany (2005)

An American in the Mösle - and one who wins. Bryan Clay is the first US decathlete to win the all-around competition in Götzis.

Russian heptathlon all-time list up to 5800 points

Russian decathlon all-time list up to 8000 points

19th European Athletics Championships were held in Göteborg 2006