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This project presents comprehensive all ‐time rankings of track and field athletes, evaluating their careers using criteria inspired by Track & Field News world rankings ‐ honors, records, consistency, and head ‐to ‐head …

My hardest event is 1500m... I really hate it because I am heavy and I can't run continually

Between 1980 and 1981, Bulgarian female athletes like Daniela Nenova, Emilia Kunova, and Valentina Dimitrova made rapid progress in pentathlon and heptathlon, setting national records and achieving personal bests in multiple competitions, …

That trio - Eaton, Taiwo, and Ziemek - confirmed Team USA’s decathlon lineup for Rio 2016

Here is an interview with retired decathlete and successful businessman Alex Folacci

After injury setbacks, Jorge Ureña made a triumphant return in June 2023 at Ratingen, Germany, posting a new PB of 8381 points ‐ lifting him to the third ‐best Spanish decathlon score ever. At the 2019 European Indoor Championships …

East Germany, led by Ramona Neubert and Sybille Thiele, were favorites in Sofia, while Bulgaria and the USSR provided strong competition despite key absences.

Rafer Johnson was one of the greatest decathletes in history and an extraordinary figure both on and off the track