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Bryan Clay dominated the US Championships decathlon in Eugene in 2008, winning the national title with an outstanding 8832 points ahead of Trey Hardee and Tom Pappas.

Andres Raja represented Estonia at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, finishing 12th in the decathlon with 8118 points. He improved by just one point to set his personal best of 8119 at the Berlin 2009 World Championships. A four ‐time Estonian …

Olexiy Kasyanov won World Championships decathlon bronze with a personal best of 8479 points in Berlin 2009. The Ukrainian also claimed European decathlon silver and two world indoor heptathlon silver medals.

Trey Hardee won the men’s decathlon at the 2015 US Championships in Eugene with 8725 points, leading Jeremy Taiwo and Zach Ziemek.

Thomas van der Plaetsen returned from cancer treatment to win the European decathlon title in Amsterdam 2016. The Belgian claimed world indoor heptathlon bronze with a national record of 6259 points in Sopot 2014 and achieved his decathlon best of …

Robert Jacob Arnold won the 2010 US Championships decathlon in Des Moines with 8215 points, edging Tom Pappas by 114 points to claim the national title.

Many of combined events meetings have a long tradition, like the Hypo Meeting in Götzis and Decastar in Talence.

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

Jan Felix Knobel won the world U20 decathlon title in Bydgoszcz 2008 with 7896 points and finished eighth at the World Championships in Daegu 2011. His best wind ‐legal decathlon score was 8288 points in Götzis 2011, while his highest total …

Rico Freimuth followed his father Uwe into international decathlon, winning world bronze in Beijing in 2015 and silver in London in 2017. His personal best of 8663 points came in Ratingen in 2017, a season in which he also secured his second …