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The discipline and training applied by decathletes have always been regarded by me as the ultimate in athletic dedication. Whilst it is of course always a huge honour for any decathlete to achieve the ultimate status of World Champion, I cannot help but regard all those who dedicate themselves to this most gruelling of athletic disciplines as Champions - unknown person

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Janek Salmistu wrote on May 31, 2025

Janis Lusis was a world-class javelin thrower but also good decathlete. After winning the 1962 European Championships in javelin throw...

Andres wrote on May 13, 2025

Worldathletics'i Technical Rules ütleb tuule kohta järgmist: “The conditions shall have been complied with in each of the individual events,...

GOUSSET wrote on Oct 08, 2024

Thank you Janek, for your post !

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Outdated section has been removed. Thanks for pointing it out.