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Photo gallery - The 30th edition of the Decastar in Talence

Damian Warner topped the Talence Decastar decathlon standings with 8161 points, defeating Willem Coertzen and Eelco Sintnicolaas in a strong international combined-events 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.

Willem Coertzen won the Talence Decastar decathlon with 8187 points, ahead of Olexiy Kasyanov and Ilya Shkurenyov in the prestigious combined events meeting.

The 2023 edition of Talence Décastar France’s Makenson Gletty take a convincing victory in the decathlon with 8443 points, clearly ahead of the rest of the field.

The 2016 Decastar meeting in Talence produced a thrilling decathlon battle, with Ukraine’s Olexiy Kasyanov edging Estonia’s Maicel Uibo by just six points (8077 to 8071) in one of the closest finishes in the history of the prestigious combined …

The 2017 Decastar meeting in Talence brought together a deep international decathlon field, with Canada’s Damian Warner taking victory with 8252 points.

Kevin Mayer rewrote decathlon history at the 2018 Décastar meeting in Talence, setting a world record of 9126 points on 15–16 September. The Frenchman surpassed Ashton Eaton’s previous record by 81 points, scoring exactly 4563 on each day. …

Talence Decastar 2011

The 2019 Decastar meeting in Talence saw Canada’s Pierce LePage claim victory with 8453 points ahead of American Zach Ziemek, confirming his status among the world’s elite decathletes just weeks before the World Athletics Championships.

The 2022 Decastar meeting in Talence saw Grenada’s Lindon Victor claim victory with 8550 points ahead of Germany’s Manuel Eitel and Estonia’s Risto Lillemets in a high-quality international decathlon competition.

It has been a tradition for the best French pole vaulters to compete in the decathlon in Talence. Thierry Vigneron exceeded the hight of 5.63m. At that time it was the pole vault world record in decathlon.

It has been a tradition for the best French pole vaulters to compete in the decathlon in Talence. The first to do so was Philippe Collet, in 1986, who exceeded the hight of 5.61m. At that time it was the pole vault world record in decathlon.

The 2024 Decastar meeting in Talence delivered one of the strongest decathlon competitions of the season, highlighted by an impressive victory from Estonia’s Johannes Erm. Erm scored 8589 points to defeat Norway’s Sander Aae Skotheim (8517) …

The 2025 Decastar meeting in Talence once again attracted a strong international decathlon field, with athletes using the prestigious competition to test their form against world ‐class opposition. Ayden Owens of Puerto Rico emerged …

The 2026 Talence Decastar brought together a strong field of decathletes for the 50th anniversary edition of the iconic combined events meeting in Talence, France. Sander Skotheim won the decathlon with 8630 points, ahead of Hakim McMorris and …

Torsten Voss led an East German one ‐two at the 1984 Talence international combined events meeting, winning with 8428 points (8435 under the 1985 scoring tables). Hans ‐Ulrich Riecke secured second place with 8129, while West …

Austria’s Georg Werthner won the 1980 Talence international combined events meeting with 7937 points, finishing 381 ahead of France’s Eric Motti. Switzerland’s Stephan Niklaus took third with 7541 points in this early edition of the meeting …