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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 …

Here is an interview with retired decathlete and successful businessman Alex Folacci

Rik Taam - rising star from U20/U23 levels to full international, breaking 8000 points in Dutch decathlon after long drought

20 years Decathlon 2000... and who’s responsible for the joy it gave us? An open letter!

Johannes Erm - NCAA champion and European U23 silver medallist

Step into a century of athletic excellence. This archive is the ultimate tool for anyone who wants to explore what has happened in the decathlon over the past 100 years ‐ from the heroes of the 1920s to today’s champions, evolving …

One of the most exciting and unpredicted event of athletic program of XX Olympic Games in Munich 1972 was the women’s Pentathlon. The people of the host country – West Germany – were keen to see the second victory of their local hero …

East Germany, led by Ramona Neubert and Sybille Thiele, were favorites in Sofia, while Bulgaria and the USSR provided strong competition despite key absences.

It has been a long time since a Swiss man exceeded 8000 points for decathlon. It was in 2003, to be exact, when Rolf Schläfli achieved 8019 in Götzis and became only the 5th man ever over 8000.

Interview with Colombian decathlon record holder José Gregorio Lemos (7913p, Barranquilla 2018)

A lesson in just one aspect of how sport science can and needs to be applied to all athletic skill teaching

Stories From the Passenger Seat: Lessons Learned From a Lifetime of Coaching by Harry Marra