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Damian Warner, the decathlete who surprised the World by coming from nowhere to finish 5th at the London Olympics (2012).

Andrei Krauchanka won Olympic decathlon silver in Beijing 2008 and the European title in Zurich 2014. The Belarusian set his decathlon personal best of 8617 points in Götzis 2007 and earned two World Indoor heptathlon silver medals, setting a …

Australian men’s decathlon all-time list up to 7700 points. Ashley Moloney becoming the first Australian decathlete ever to medal at the Olympics, while breaking the Oceanian and Australian records.

The decathlon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, delivered a thrilling battle for the podium. Czech star Roman Šebrle successfully defended his continental crown with 8526 points, but the closest contest …

How many ways can we say, “ Roman Šebrle of the Czech Republic is the world’s greatest performer ever in the century ‐old tradition of the decathlon? I can think of at least five: Šebrle’s uniqueness, longevity, consistency, …

Jan Felix Knobel won the decathlon at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz with 7896 points, just two ahead of Belarus’s Eduard Mikhan, who set a national U20 record of 7894. Serbia’s Mihail Dudaš took bronze with 7663.