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The 2014 Decastar meeting in Talence featured a dramatic finish as Estonia’s Mikk Pahapill secured victory with 8077 points, edging Ukraine’s Olexiy Kasyanov by just 15 points in a closely contested decathlon competition.

Willem Coertzen won the Talence Decastar decathlon with 8187 points, ahead of Olexiy Kasyanov and Ilya Shkurenyov in the prestigious combined events meeting.

The 2016 Decastar meeting in Talence produced a thrilling decathlon battle, with Ukraine’s Olexiy Kasyanov edging Estonia’s Maicel Uibo by just six points (8077 to 8071) in one of the closest finishes in the history of the prestigious combined …

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The 2017 Decastar meeting in Talence brought together a deep international decathlon field, with Canada’s Damian Warner taking victory with 8252 points.

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The 2019 Decastar meeting in Talence saw Canada’s Pierce LePage claim victory with 8453 points ahead of American Zach Ziemek, confirming his status among the world’s elite decathletes just weeks before the World Athletics Championships.

The 2022 Decastar meeting in Talence saw Grenada’s Lindon Victor claim victory with 8550 points ahead of Germany’s Manuel Eitel and Estonia’s Risto Lillemets in a high-quality international decathlon competition.

At the 2024 European Championships in Rome, Makenson Gletty shattered four personal bests (100m, long jump, 400m, 110m hurdles) to reach 8606 points, earning the bronze medal. Due to a faulty starting speaker, he was allowed to re‑run the …

The 2024 Decastar meeting in Talence delivered one of the strongest decathlon competitions of the season, highlighted by an impressive victory from Estonia’s Johannes Erm. Erm scored 8589 points to defeat Norway’s Sander Aae Skotheim (8517) …

Johannes Erm has just finished the most successful season of his career

After completing the zero ‐point audit in Part 8, the Fair Decathlon Model now turns to a deeper question: what should a decathlon scoring table actually measure? Part 9 explores why performances cannot be separated from the two ‐day …

The 2026 Talence Decastar brought together a strong field of decathletes for the 50th anniversary edition of the iconic combined events meeting in Talence, France. Sander Skotheim won the decathlon with 8630 points, ahead of Hakim McMorris and …

Pavel Tarnovetski won World Championships decathlon bronze in Roma 1987 with a personal best of 8375 points. The Ukrainian athlete, who represented the Soviet Union, also won the 1987 Talence Decastar and finished tenth at the Seoul 1988 Olympics.

Christian Plaziat won the decathlon at the 1990 combined events meeting in Talence with 8525 points, ahead of Christian Schenk with 8330 and Alain Blondel with 8155. Five athletes exceeded 8000 points in this edition, held a year before the …

The 1991 Talence combined events meeting marked the introduction of the name “Décastar, les Dieux du Stade”. France’s Christian Plaziat won the decathlon with 8456 points, ahead of Mikhail Medved with 8216 and Simon Poelman with 8168. …