In the worst weather conditions with rain and wintry cold - almost like the first meeting in 1975 - the 39th Hypomeeting took place and ended with a Canadian victory - Damian Warner won with 8307 points
Gunnar Nixon is a former American decathlete, the 2012 World U20 champion, who achieved a personal best of 8312 points at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow.
40 years of the Hypomeeting - at this anniversary meeting, Trey Hardee from the USA won the decathlon for the second time after a thrilling competition.
The 2014 Decastar meeting in Talence featured a dramatic finish as Estonia’s Mikk Pahapill secured victory with 8077 points, edging Ukraine’s Olexiy Kasyanov by just 15 points in a closely contested decathlon competition.
In excellent conditions Kai Kazmirek secured the winner's trophy with 8462 points. It should be mentioned that Damian Warner scored no points in the shot put.
Ashton Eaton stunned the field in Beijing, setting a new world record of 9045 points to win decathlon gold at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics.
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.