At the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Roman Šebrle captured the decathlon title with 8676 points, completing his long pursuit after two World Championships silver medals with a long-awaited gold medal.
Roman Šebrle won the 2005 Talence Decastar with 8326 points, finishing ahead of Aleksandr Pogorelov and Estonia’s Kristjan Rahnu in a high-quality decathlon competition.
Olexiy Kasyanov captured victory at the Talence Decastar decathlon with an impressive 8291 points in a high ‐quality competition that featured five athletes above 8000 points, while the original fourth ‐place score of Aleksandr