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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

The 2025 Decastar meeting in Talence once again attracted a strong international decathlon field, with athletes using the prestigious competition to test their form against world ‐class opposition. Ayden Owens of Puerto Rico emerged …

Hakim McMorris won the US indoor heptathlon title with 6255 points in Indianapolis 2026. The American finished second at the Talence Décastar later that year, setting his decathlon personal best of 8599 points.

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.

Torsten Voss led an East German one ‐two at the 1984 Talence international combined events meeting, winning with 8428 points (8435 under the 1985 scoring tables). Hans ‐Ulrich Riecke secured second place with 8129, while West …

Austria’s Georg Werthner won the 1980 Talence international combined events meeting with 7937 points, finishing 381 ahead of France’s Eric Motti. Switzerland’s Stephan Niklaus took third with 7541 points in this early edition of the meeting …

Only 14 points separated the leading pair at the 1978 Talence international combined events meeting, where the Soviet Union’s Valeri Kachanov won with 7930 points ahead of West Germany’s Wolfgang Muders on 7916. Vladimir Anisimov took third …

Yves Leroy gave France its first men’s victory at the Talence international combined events meeting in 1977, scoring 8056 points to beat Finland’s Johannes Lahti by 153. Serge Morth finished third with 7658. Held on 21–22 May, this second …

Talence’s international combined events meeting began on 4–5 September 1976 with a European decathlon record by Aleksandr Grebenyuk, who won with 8468 points (8386 under the 1985 scoring tables). Fellow Soviet Anatoli Grachov finished second …