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Arthur Abele captured a truly special moment in his career when he won the gold medal at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, triumphing in front of a jubilant home crowd with a memorable total of 8431 points.

Pascal Behrenbruch clinched the gold medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki with a personal best of 8558 points

Edgars Erinš set a new Latvian record while he improved 8312 points. Latvian previous record belonged to Janis Karlivans with 8271 points (Götzis 2007).

Decathlon is a very special event that besides technical development requires great combination of the five primary Biomotor abilities: speed, strength, flexibility, endurance and coordination

The multi event athlete must possess or attain the following characteristics in order to be successful

Here are some helpful guidelines for you to consider when you start training your decathletes in the pole vault

The purpose of this paper is to examine the purpose of training smarter and aim to produce more points by working smart

How many ways can we say, “ Roman Šebrle of the Czech Republic is the world’s greatest performer ever in the century ‐old tradition of the decathlon? I can think of at least five: Šebrle’s uniqueness, longevity, consistency, …

Coach and the athlete must be very careful on how they distribute the volume and intensity in their training cycles

Leonel Suarez won an Olympic bronze medal twice: at the Beijing Olympic Games (2008) and at the London Olympic Games (2012). He holds Cuban national record for the decathlon with 8654 points. Winner of the 2011 IAAF Combined Events Challenge.

Eugene Martineau was a two-time Olympic decathlete from the Netherlands, a national champion, and a consistent world-class performer with a career best over 8200 points.

Andres Raja represented Estonia in the decathlon at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, finishing 12th with 8118 points, but he went just one point higher to set his personal best of 8119 at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. He was a four …

Mikk Pahapill won heptathlon gold at the 2009 European Indoor Championships with 6362 points - remarkably he established personal bests in all seven disciplines.

Olexiy Kasyanov’s personal best score is 8479 points, achieved at the World Championships in Berlin 2009.

Canada’s Damian Warner has joined an elite group of men with 9000+ points in the decathlon. His mark of 9018 points becomes an Olympic record.

Yordani Garcia claimed numerous regional titles and competed in three Olympic Games. In all three of his Olympic appearances (2008, 2012, 2016), he finished just shy of the 8000 ‐point mark. That’s unusually consistent ‐ and a …