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You also feel a sense of injustice when world records from professionals are compared with the world records from participants of the multi events?

Decathletes, who compete across throwing, jumping, and running events with strong results, deserve full recognition as real athletes alongside specialists like shot putters and long ‐distance runners. It highlights the demanding nature of …

I was a mediocre 1500 runner most of my Decathlon career until the last couple years

After an exciting competition in the best conditions and a great atmosphere, the reigning world champion Trey Hardee celebrated his first victory at the traditional Hypomeeting in Götzis with a best performance of 8689 points

Hans van Alphen won and has now a personal best total of 8818 points, showing the best shape of his life

Rico Freimuth has won bronze medal at the World Championships in Beijing 2015

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.