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Eaton breaks heptathlon World Record in Tallinn (0)

Feb 06, 2011

Living up to his promise of breaking his own World Record Ashton Eaton added 69 points to his best with a score of 6568 in Tallinn.

Andres Raja of Estonia finished second with 6114 points.

RESULTS:

1. Ashton Eaton 6568 (6,66 7.77 14.45 2.01 7,60 5.20, 2.34,74)

2. Andres Raja 6114 (7,00 7.28 14.93 2.10 7,83, 4.70, 2.44,36)

3. Dominik Distelberger 5951 (7,18 7.40 15.25 2.07  7,92, 4.80, 2.41,01)

4. Tarmo Riitmuru 5888 (7,21 7.14 14.18 2.07 8,30, 4.90, 2.46,18)

5. Roman Šebrle 5848 (7,18 7.40 15.25 2.07, 8,30, 4.50, 2.48,86)

6. Mikk-Mihkel Arro 5743 (7,00, 7.05, 14.34, 1.92, 8,20, 4.70, 2.46,35)

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