At the 2010 World Championships for Ultra Multi ‐Events Detmer achieved a staggering 14571 points, surpassing the previous world record held by Kip Janvrin by a commanding 386 points. Joseph Detmer’s performance truly demolished the
The piece explores a hypothetical decathlon record based on an athlete’s best performances over an entire season - rather than in the traditional two-day format.
Devon Williams is an American decathlete, 2019 U. S. decathlon champion, and former NCAA Indoor Heptathlon champion for the University of Georgia. He has a personal best of 8345 points in the decathlon and competed at the 2017 World
Article discusses alternative and hypothetical decathlon records ‐ such as performances aggregated over a year or season instead of two days ‐ to explore when athletes might have been in their peak form, despite variables like weather
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