Sentences with phrase «olympic decathlon»
Chris Tomlinson enjoyed a good pre-Glasgow boost with a 7.94 m victory over British champion JJ Jegede, as Olympic decathlon champion Ashton Eaton was third with 7.87 m.
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Another Brit who will face tough opposition is the in - form Niall Flannery in the 400m hurdles where this season's world No. 1 Javier Culson — victorious in Lausanne — and Olympic decathlon champion Ashton Eaton also go.
Tulare also is where 1948 and 1952 Olympic decathlon gold medal winner Bob Mathias attended.
Most recently, he was the coach behind two time Olympic decathlon champion and world record holder Ashton Eaton and Olympic bronze medalist Brianne Theisen - Eaton.
On a recent weekday evening Bill Toomey, the 1968 Olympic decathlon champion and world - record holder, was having dinner in his new home in Goleta, Calif., near Santa Barbara.
# 37 Milt Campbell PLAINFIELD As a high school senior, finished second in 1952 Olympic decathlon; won event in» 56.
It marks the first time Americans went 1 - 2 in the Olympic decathlon since Milton Campbell and Rafer Johnson accomplished the feat in 1956.
When Smith went to what he thought was 1976 Olympic decathlon champion Bruce Jenner's home, his ex-wife explained over the intercom that «when he divorced me, he lost the house.»
Two - time Olympic decathlon champion Daley Thompson of Great Britain, unable to shake off the effects of a groin injury, finished ninth behind the 8,680 points of East Germany's Torsten Voss.
Not exact matches
Two - time Olympic champion, Ashton Eaton, holds the world record in both the decathlon and indoor heptathlon.
Indeed, in 1924, Bowers finished 11th in the U.S. Olympic trials for the decathlon.
During that time, the team set every possible World Record in the decathlon, highlighted by Dan O'Brien's gold - medal victory in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.
CC: When Ashton Eaton retired from the decathlon, there was a feeling that because he had the world record, world championship gold and two Olympic golds, there wasn't much left for him to chase or accomplish in the sport.
World decathlon record - holder Eaton and Olympic heptathlon bronze medallist Theisen - Eaton to hang up their spikes
In the decathlon, Canada's world silver and Olympic bronze medallist Damian Warner will be making his fifth appearance in Götzis and will be going for his third win, having previously claimed victory in 2013 and 2016.
Former NCAA Champion, a two - time World Outdoor Champion, a member of the United States 2008 Olympic team, and the silver medal decathlon winner of London 2012 Trey Hardee joins the Onnit Podcast.
Visions of Eight includes contributions by Olympic film veterans Claude Lelouch and Kon Ichikawa, as well as newcomers like Arthur Penn (Bonnie and Clyde), John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy), and Miloš Forman (One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest), whose witty decathlon segment is a notable highlight.
The first Native American sports hero, Jim Thorpe was hailed as the greatest athlete in the world after he won the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm.