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Re: Women's Decathlon
Posted: Jan 10, 2007
100-metre dash, discus, pole vault, javelin, 400 m dash, 100 m hurdles, long jump, shot put, high jump and 1,500 m.


Once I heard that Yelena Isinbayeva is going to try womens decathlon ... because she is a very good pole vaulter

...well who knows..!
Re: Women's Decathlon
Posted: Jan 10, 2007
As far as I know that WORLD RECORD holder in women's decathlon is lithuanian Austra Skuyte...[former Latvian ]...

Austra Skujyte, the silver medalist in the 2004 Olympics in the heptathlon, broke the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) world record in the women's decathlon on Friday. The event was part of the University of Missouri's second-annual Audrey Walton Combined Events in Columbia, Mo. Skujyte, a native of Lithuania, scored 8366 points to take the world record from Marie Collonville of France in the first IAAF-sanctioned women's decathlon competition held in North America.

Skujyte scored 3898 points on day one, marking a personal-best in the 400-meter dash (57.19). To start day two, Skujyte ran the 100-meter hurdles in 14.22. Following in the long jump, she leaped 20 feet, 1 inch (6.12m). And then Skujyte separated herself from Collonville's record pace, throwing the shot put 53-10½ (16.42m), topping her French counterpart's throw in the discipline by more than 14 feet. The former Kansas State Wildcat, then went to the high jump, the second to last event, clearing the bar at 5-10 (1.78m).

The 1500-meter run was the final event in Skujyte's way. Needing only to run the race in 5:53.82 to break the record, Skujyte ran a 5:15.86, breaking the old mark by 216 points.

The world record still needs to be ratified by the IAAF to become official.

The collegiate record in the women's decathlon was established by Kansas State's Breanna Eveland. Eveland scored 6821 points, helped by a stadium record effort in yesterday's pole vault event. Sophomore Wildcat Lindsay Grigoriev placed third in the event, scoring 6641 points.

Liz Young (Jefferson City, Mo.) became the first women from the University of Missouri to compete in the women's decathlon, and she will now stand as the school's record holder, scoring 6019 points.

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