World decathlon record - holder Eaton and Olympic heptathlon bronze medallist Theisen - Eaton to hang up their spikes
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.
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.
The 1000m completed the seven - event programme and victory went to Katarina Johnson - Thompson's training partner,
the world decathlon champion Kevin Mayer.
That's Mr. Kuznetsov, whose
world decathlon record was broken last week by a rejuvenated Rafer Johnson
He is 25 now, and the people who have known him watched at first with delight and then with amazement as he grew from a sweet but forgetful party animal into
the world decathlon champion.
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.
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.
It is no wonder that the
decathlon gold medalist is given the title as «The
World's Greatest Athlete.»
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.
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.
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.
After five events in the
decathlon,
world silver medallist Damian Warner sits top with 4424 points.
That's because the arrays will also allow Butte students to get real
world training for the green jobs of tomorrow, much like the semiannual Solar
Decathlon, which pits students from schools around the country against each other to design and build solar - powered houses.
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.
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.
Photos by Michelle Kaufmann Over 4,000 students from around the
world have their solar - powered homes on display for this year's Solar
Decathlon.
The U.S. Department of Energy's Solar
Decathlon is a biennial competition challenging 20 student teams from universities around the
world to design and build houses powered entirely by the sun.
Biennially since 2002, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has held the solar
decathlon, a competition between 20 university teams from around the
world that design, construct and operate homes that are affordable, energy efficient and attractive.
The Solar
Decathlon ME 2018 is open to all collegiate teams in the Middle East and around the
world, but the focus is on design solutions for the Middle East Region.
Lenny Antonelli takes a look at some of the entrants of the 2009 Solar
Decathlon, a competition that challenges university teams from around the
world to design and build homes that capture the sun's energy.