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Andrei Krauchanka produced a career ‐defining 8553 ‐point victory at the Talence Decastar decathlon, one of the highest scores in meeting history, defeating a world ‐class field that included Maurice Smith, Aleksei Drozdov and …

Andrei Krauchanka won the Talence Decastar decathlon with 8312 points in a world ‐class field featuring four athletes above 8000 points, while Aleksandr Pogorelov’s original result was later annulled due to a doping disqualification, …

Ashton and Brianne Eaton interrupting their honeymoon for the Decastar in Talence. Renaud Lavillenie attempting to break the pole vault world record in decathlon.

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. …

Steve Fritz secured an American victory at Décastar 1993 in Talence, scoring 8317 points to finish 83 points ahead of France’s Christian Plaziat. Vitali Kolpakov took third with 8162, just 19 points clear of Alain Blondel, as the top four all …

Laurent Hernu won Talence Decastar in 2003. He is also triple European Cup Combined Events Super League winner. Not just an athlete but also a trusted and influential coach, recognized nationally for his athlete care and technical expertise.

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, …

Many of combined events meetings have a long tradition, like the Hypo Meeting in Götzis and Decastar in Talence.

Kevin Mayer set a new world record in the decathlon with 9126 points at the Decastar meeting on September 2018. He was the 3rd decathlete ever to break the 9000-point barrier.

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 …

Hans van Alphen won Götzis 2012 with a Belgian decathlon record of 8519 points and finished fourth at the London Olympics. The Bangkok 2007 Universiade silver medallist also won the IAAF World Combined Events Challenge in 2012, securing …