Ashton and Brianne Eaton interrupting their honeymoon for the Decastar in Talence. Renaud Lavillenie attempting to break the pole vault world record in decathlon.
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,
There were stadium records in the decathlon: meeting winner Damian Warner equaled his hurdles best of 13.54 seconds on the new track, while Gaël Quérin from France added his name to the list of stadium record holders in the 1500m.