Germany's Michael Schrader claimed victory at the 2015 Ratingen decathlon with 8419 points, narrowly defeating South Africa's Willem Coertzen (8341), while fellow German Pascal Behrenbruch placed third with 7826 points.
Trey Hardee dominated the men’s decathlon at the 2014 US Championships in Sacramento, winning the national title with an impressive 8599 points and finishing 792 points ahead of runner up Wesley Bray.
Gunnar Nixon won the men’s decathlon at the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona with a world-leading 8018 points, becoming U20 world champion ahead of Jake Stein and Tim Dekker.
Damian Warner wins with 8523 points and my prognosis for the top three was a good one. Brianne Theisen-Eaton won the heptathlon, so this was a second edition of the Canadian Games!
Ashton Eaton dominated the men’s decathlon at the 2016 US Championships in Eugene, winning the national title with 8750 points ahead of Jeremy Taiwo (8425) and Zach Ziemek (8413) in one of the strongest American decathlon fields of the year.
Niklas Kaul won the men’s decathlon at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships in Grosseto, scoring a championship ‐leading 8435 points ahead of Johannes Erm (8141) and Karel Tilga (8002), making this a key result in the European U20
The discipline and training applied by decathletes have always been regarded by me as the ultimate in athletic dedication. Whilst it is of course always a huge honour for any decathlete to achieve the ultimate status of World Champion, I cannot help but regard all those who dedicate themselves to this most gruelling of athletic disciplines as Champions - unknown person