Sentences with phrase «decathlon record»
The son of Croatia's decathlon record holder Josko Vlasic, Nikola is from rich sporting stock.
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World decathlon record - holder Eaton and Olympic heptathlon bronze medallist Theisen - Eaton to hang up their spikes
World decathlon record - holder Ashton Eaton picked up from where he left off in the heptathlon, clocking 7.64 in the 60m hurdles for a championship best, bettering the 7.68 mark set by himself in Istanbul two years ago to go nine points ahead of his five - event tally when setting his world record in 2012.
That's Mr. Kuznetsov, whose world decathlon record was broken last week by a rejuvenated Rafer Johnson
Not exact matches
Two - time Olympic champion, Ashton Eaton, holds the world record in both the decathlon and indoor heptathlon.
Just a bit more than six weeks after breaking the world record in the event, Eaton won gold in men's decathlon on Thursday at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing with 8,869 points.
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.
At that time Toomey had just broken the American record in the decathlon, he was undefeated in world competition, he had been named the California Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press and he had received similar awards from France and Italy.
In high school Jackson did things like twist his ankle while winning the state title in the triple jump (48» 8 1/4») and then come back the same day to set a state record (9.54) in the 100 - yard dash; like throw a discus 149 feet without spinning his body, because he'd never been taught the proper form; like win the state decathlon crown his junior and senior years without running the mile, the final event, because «distance is the only thing I hate about track.»
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.
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.
The men's event wasn't a Diamond League race but the majority of attention was on decathlon world record - holder Ashton Eaton who continues this year's focus on the one lap event over the barriers.
World pole vault record - holder Renaud Lavillenie and world decathlon champion Kevin Mayer are among those on the French team and are set to be joined by Pascal Martinot - Lagarde and Ida Antoinette Nana Djimou.
The Canadian got his competition off to a record - breaking start as he ran the 100m in 10.15 for the quickest time ever recorded as part of a decathlon.
«Volume One: Great Moments of Track and Field» includes Jesse Owens» victories before a hostile audience in Berlin (1936); Wilma Rudolph's triumphs in Rome (1960), in spite of her childhood battle with polio; and Bruce Jenner's record - breaking decathlon performance in Montreal (1976).