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Damian Warner wins with 8523 points and my prognosis for the top three was a good one. Brianne Theisen-Eaton won the heptathlon, so this was a second edition of the Canadian Games!

Jeremy Taiwo’s career-best came at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene when he scored 8425 points, finishing second only to Ashton Eaton and qualifying for Rio Olympics

There were stadium records in the decathlon: meeting winner Damian Warner equaled his hurdles best of 13.54 seconds on the new track, while Gaël Quérin from France added his name to the list of stadium record holders in the 1500m.

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

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.

Heptathlon all-time best performances

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

Women's pentathlon is a combined track and field event in which each woman competes in five separate events over one day (formerly two days). Pentathlon events: 60m hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump and 800m.

This handy combined events points calculator allows you to calculate women's pentathlon scores.

Equal Pentathlon scores, but not equal spot on the podium

Rafer Johnson was one of the greatest decathletes in history and an extraordinary figure both on and off the track