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a sports contest for men that consists of 10 different events
the Olympic decathlon
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Recent Examples of decathlon
Aguilar won two conference decathlon titles (2022 and 2023) and set the program record with 7,470 points.
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Brian Robin,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
The 6-foot-2, 180-pounder has competed in the Tennessee state championships in the decathlon.
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Jeff Sentell,
AJC.com,
29 May 2026
No school in the 53-year history of the decathlon has achieved a perfect score at the national level.
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Marianne Love,
Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
The 29-year-old went to Baylor and competed for the school’s track and field team and earned All-Big 12 honors with a fifth-place finish in the decathlon in 2016.
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José Sánchez Córdova,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Feb. 2026
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Brian Robin,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
The 6-foot-2, 180-pounder has competed in the Tennessee state championships in the decathlon.
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Jeff Sentell,
AJC.com,
29 May 2026
No school in the 53-year history of the decathlon has achieved a perfect score at the national level.
—
Marianne Love,
Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
The 29-year-old went to Baylor and competed for the school’s track and field team and earned All-Big 12 honors with a fifth-place finish in the decathlon in 2016.
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José Sánchez Córdova,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decathlon
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The Red Sox and Nationals turned a regular June game into the biggest baseball brawl of the season after Boston hothead Willson Contreras completely lost it.
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The Dodgers are in the midst of playing 13 games in 13 days, and Roberts wanted to make sure that the Japanese sensation got a break.
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In the opening day of the MIAA outdoor track and field Meet of Champions, Walpole’s Sawyer Regan won the boys pentathlon, while Westboro’s Al Regnier won the girls pentathlon.
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Freshman Liisa-Maria Lusti became the second Oregon woman to win the pentathlon — first since Brianne Theisen-Eaton in 2012 — with a season-best 4,498 points.
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The footballer, who fans can currently watch playing for Norway in the World Cup, was born in 2000 in Leeds, England, to two Norwegian star athletes (Leeds United player Alfie Haaland and former women’s heptathlon athlete Gry Marita Braut).
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Sofia Cosculluela finished with 6,182 points in the heptathlon to win Washington's first championship in the event.
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Both men are avid soccer fans, and Starmer cheered on England in person at the Euro 2024 final shortly after taking office — a responsibility that could fall to his successor if England makes it to the World Cup final this year.
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Watch the penalty shootout between Manchester United and Chelsea in the Champions League final in 2008.
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As recently as 2013, the Paris triathlon had to be canceled outright because the water quality was too dangerous for athletes.
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There are many different ways to take active vacations including niches such as white water rafting, surfing schools, yoga retreats, and triathlon training camps.
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The French men’s national team — one of the favorites to win the entire tournament — arrived with HACs, as well as bags from Chanel and Louis Vuitton.
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This is the earliest that the Netherlands was eliminated from a World Cup tournament in history, reports ESPN.
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Masters would go on to compete in rowing, cross-country skiing, biathlon, and cycling, winning medals across both Summer and Winter Paralympic Games.
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The sport was introduced for athletes with physical disabilities at the 1988 Innsbruck Paralympic Games and for athletes with visual disabilities in 1992 at Albertville.
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In a 2023 survey by World Athletics, a global sports federation, 75% of responding athletes said the impacts of climate change are negatively affecting their health and athletic performance.
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“Decathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decathlon. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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