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Lets get some talking going about this multi coming up! Entry list? predictions? who is in good shape?

I was wondering what everyone else was thinking about what Bryan Clay said about getting together with Trey Hardee and Ashton Eaton to train. he did say that it would take some funding. Do most countries have there best decathletes train together? I think Germany does some camps together! I was wondering why they had not done this sooner.

I was wondering if everyone knew Trey Hardee was competing this weekend in the Texas Relays. It will be his first decathlon in exactly two years. What do you think he will score and do you think he will make the Top 3 at US Olympic trials?

i could be wrong but I believe it would be eaton since he has the world record in running events at 3881 and in the same meet he went 2974 only second to tom pappas in the jumping events that would make him the highest?!?!

treys 15.72 in shot put tells where his elbow is

your crazy if you think clay and trey cant score A standard barring a no height or injury they have only been training for these 2 days since they started back training in 2008 after olympics Clay was actually very smart to not do decathlons cause of his age he knew to have a good shot in 2012 he would have to save his body instead of doing 6 decathlons between now and then

2905 after 3 events sebrle 2841

14.20 in shot put not great but a clutch final attempt

ok so this is way off topic. Let me start by saying i am very ashamed to say that i do not know the answer to the question i am about to ask. I am a uge decathlon fan and former decathlete. Roman sebrle and thomas van tied at world championships. what is the rule on who wins? i was thinking that since thomas beat sebrle in 6 of the 10 that is why he won but i am not sure

I dont think some of you are being very fair. Look at Ashton's PR's before this season started he has improved shot put almost 1. 50 meters Discus 4 meters Javelin almost 4 meters How much more improvement or big improvement do you want in on year? Do not forget this is still his first professional season. For those of you hwo do not know the collegiate system you can ot train …

still hard for me to say cause i know trey hardee just started doing technical work only a short time after gotzis. however i will not count eaton out and i know clay had an injury but i wont count him out he could score 8700-8800 a hundred different ways

well at that point it was more about safety and not stupid records

you can never take bryan out of the equation he has smartly competed the last few years so he could save his body for the end of his career! he is very dangerous all the way through 9 events! dont forget he just pred last year in the 100 meters and hurdles as well!

christoph we I would love to see those!

mark bradley was an nfl player and college football player, he was an excellent athlete in high school in track jumping 7.60 in long jump at one point 2.18 in high jump running 10.70 100 a decent hurdler as well, he chose college football though and later NFL

wait sorry you said other sports

wallace spearmon was a 7.40 guy in the long jump and wasnt bad at hurdles and even the throws for hardly ever doing them he also jumped 1.95 in high jump! i think he could have had a shotif he started his freshman year in college

wow this is a very good question, i am fighting and being pulled both ways to get an answer, ashtons running events are so strong but trey has really figured out the decathlon overall and is really close to putting a big discus and javelin together witha multi, I am going to have to go with Trey this year!

thank you so much! hopefully it works but if not oh well that gives me an excuse to come and watch live one day maybe next year!

does anyone know if it will be broadcast online live? and if people in the US will actually be able to watch?

i think he could be a very good decathlete however he has a late start on training, but could be a good thing too! out of high school i was hoping he would be a multi but it didnt work out i think its funny how the multi chooses you! especially in his case

yeah steroids work! i agree 100% i am not impressed with the athletes of old the testing programs were not the same so who knows what they were on

i think this is a very good idea and this is a great pic to start the pic of the week theme!

let me check but i think michael tinsley also did the decathlon obe year not sure though!

this was wallaces senior year and dont forget 1 year later he ran under 20 seconds and won the ncaa 200 11.39 21'6 38'8 6'4 51.16 15.94 111'2 8'6 45'7 this event is triple jump no jav in arkansas decathlon 6:19.24 (1600) i can give you the points if you like

heylet me tell you something about the arkansas high school decathlon scoring tables. They are the dumbest set of tables that anyone has ever come up with. in 2003 wallace spearmon finished 3rd because of his lack of pole vault and 1600 meter abilities. i was competing in that meet as well and i was in the running until the 1600 started and scored 0 points beacsue there scoring system is …

the thing that is unreal to me is he had 10 decathlons over 8000 points! he is only 22 years old! if he had jumped 5 meters which is not a stretch he would have scored 90 more points! i think the thing that also makes him so good is that for a speed guy he stays healthy which is huge in decathlon!

the weather was horrible on day 1 for the 400 not to bad and for shot as well but rain during the 100 and long jump somewhat! he is on his way as of now to breaking his world record running events as well right now. last year 10.35, 46.85, 13.85, 4.21 i think if he has someone to run against in the 400 he could potentially run even fatser as well!

3 things I think that we have already messed up very badly with the wind rules in decathlon! I think we are also missing one thing what do the decathletes want? I also would like to say that if it is not broke dont fix it!

20.48 ohb, 3.40 slj, 10.31 stj,

i am pretty sure tom pappas has his marks on his old website and they were something crazy but i have never seen other marks from other decathletes and i would like to know as well!

i think hardee will be champion unless clay runs a hard 1000, however krauchanka could e the sleeper the winner will score 6300 . hopefully!

I did notice that score she seems to be in good shape as well! I think the womens side will be very fun to watch if all can stay healthy!

DNF Hyleas Fountain 12. 90 1. 87m 13. 81m 23. 29 6. 95m these were her results through the first five events and she simply did not finish because of a weird neck injury in the long jump. If she had thrown just 43 meters in javelin and ran 2: 15 in the 800 she would have scored 6800. Both of those marks are below her persoanl …

I think this is very intersting to talk about the womens multis. I agree about Ennis she had a great year last year and is in very good shape this year if she stays healthy I think she could score very well. That being said I think that Hyleas Fountain could have given her a run for the championship last year. she was in very good shape and suffered an injury in the long jump in which she …

i think that clay has announced his assault on the world record this year either at gotzis or talence. i do believe there is also talk from trey hardee of having an assault on 9000. It is going to be a great year if these two can stay healthy and push each other to the limit so they have to run the 1500 against each other. one more thing clay wil have to shake off a little rust from not …

Good observation, However I see that he is going to have to improve his throwing events very dramtically over the next couple of years in order to reach 9000. I am very excited about what he can do, Eaton seems to be able t stay healthy and can recover fomr doing 3 to 4 decathlons a year which is also similar to sebrle

1 William Toomey USA 45,68 8144 Mexico City 18.10.1968 I am pretty sure no one has run faster than this guy in the dec 400. But i think that ashton eaton could be the guy to get close to breaking this record

hey i agree 100 percent i would like to see some of the so called worlds greatest athletes compete in the decathlon. its funny cause after the shot put it would be over and they have no idea what its like doing all the events on the second day after the first. they just see the events and think oh man i could do that. like it easy or something.

wow what is you pr in the decathlon? your sprints are amazing

Thanks Ryan I agree 100 percent. I was always so focused on bench and it always killed me when I stopped focusing on that it helped me lose weight and like I said above lost 45 pounds on my bench but my throws increased tremendously and alot of other events as well. How is training going? If you have started yet?

Tommy Boy, I have not used this specific program but I lost twenty pounds last year and scored 700 points more. I am 6'1 or 1. 86 or so and I used to way 205 ‐210 pounds and I could lift tons of weight in the weight room. However when it cae to the track I suffered. I droppped my body weiht in about 5 months or something like that and I lost only about ten pounds in the cleans and …

I understand what both of you are saying however I still think you are not taking into factor that this is after nine events. You have to take into consideration all the factors like heat how many jumps taken in pole vault and high jump and also how much energy was spent throughout the two days in order for someone to be leading by 500 points. I believe clay could rnu 4: 30 when that is the …

You make an excellent point about genetic make up and that you dont have it to run 10. 40. what makes you think that bryan clay has the genetic make up to run a 4: 30 or whatever every time he does a decathlon. maybe for a guy like him running 10. 40 is easier than running 4: 30. or maybe he spends so much of his energy and so much more than the others doing the first 9 events that maybe he …

I agree with you jessica and this is what i said in an earlier statement. lets say you change the 1500 tables and when you run 4: 37 instead of getting 700 points you get 750 while the guy who ran 4: 53 gets 600 points now we should only give him 550 points. if you do this then you should also change the 100 say when Clay beats a guy in the 100 by . 80 seconds how do you justify he only beats …

I am still having a hard time understanding what everyone is saying about the scoring tables. Are you saying that you would have 5: 06 count for less points than it counts for now or what I am not sure please explain. I have a question for everyone what is harder to do? run 10. 4 in the 100 or under 4: 30 in the 1500? I know that sounds like a crazy question but I would like to hear everyones …

that is almost a 200 point difference i don't know how much different you would like it. if you change that table then you need to change the jav table the disc and shot table as well.

My mistake please forgive I mus have completely skipped that one. However it is very hard to compare to the other years because of the scoring table difference along with the jav rule change. I also would like to know what is meant by saying that about changing the scoring tables. I think they are great the way they are right now.

One more quick stat 13 guys over 8100 the highest total ever in Olympic decathlon history I would say the field was pretty stacked.

Pablo, I am sorry to say but you are sadly wrong the decathlon is not an endurance event unless you are talking speed endurance. Also that is one event of the ten. One more thing I can not believe you are comparing this field of athletes that had so many guys injured or no height that you could hardly compare to the other years. I also can not believe you brought the Germans up because …

i do not understand what happened to karpovs javelin i think overall besides athens '04 this was one of his better decathlons besides his javelin. Is he injured or something b'c i know smith has elbow problems.

does anyone have a list of competitors that will be competing at Gotzis?

I am a decathlete at Arkansas State. I ave not torn my ACL but I had a Coach that is still a decathlete and he tore his ACL. He did his first decathlon about four or five months after not sure the score but he pred later so I think you should be fine. Just make sure and take your time but dont be to gentle with rehab. Hee is a link to my coaches blog so you can ask him yourself. http: …

I agree I love Clay. I just hope that e can run a little more solid times in the 1500, not anything special just maybe a 4:45 here or there.

both clay and hardee competed this weekend in open events in the US championships and both competed very well in the hurdles Clay ran a pr 7. 71 and trey ran a 7. 78 clay ran an ok 6. 70 in the 60 and both of them only achieved 7. 35 in the long jump. however they really just started technical work just recently so maybe they will be sharpened up by the doha i look for a score …

I do not think that Eaton will be at world indoor he will be comepeting at NCAA in march. As far as I know both Hardee and Clay are competing. Both of them are entered in the USA championships which start this weekend. Clay: 60, 60 hurldes and Long Jump Trey: 60 hurdles and Long Jump

I am not sure where to find the list I know two years ago it was not out until maybe a week before. I think it will be very interesting in the heptathlon, Trey hardee has ran some very fats times in the hurdles but not sure what everything else will be like I do not know where bryan clay stands if he will even be there or not. Drozdov looks like the favorite and Krauchanka will be there to …

There is no way you compared El Guerrouj's 1500 to Clay's 1500 because that guy has probably never competed in ten events ever before he ran the 1500 and as far as only competing for ten minutes all together you must forget about all of the warm ‐ups but that is beside the point i have played just about every sport competitively. the decathlon is by far the hardest sport or event i have …

I believe that bryan clay is an awesome athlete and no matter what is runs his 1500 in is embarassing unless he walks it. if you look at his first nine events he really does not have to run that fast in the 1500 to win. this is a big problem in our sport today everyone is so concerned with numbers hey the guy won the decathlon it was not just a 1500 race. he even said himself he is not aiming …