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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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Iyo Sky and Liv Morgan met in the Queen of the Ring final on Saturday at Night of Champions in Saudi Arabia with the opportunity of a championship match at SummerSlam.
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The other final will see Swerve Strickland and Will Ospreay renew their rivalry from Forbidden Door 2024, this time with an AEW World Championship match at Wembley Stadium on the line.
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To shopping editors, Amazon’s Prime Day events are the bi-annual triathlon of capitalism.
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Similarly, a parent with young children may manage nonstop activities that keep them on their toes, and an athlete training for a triathlon is used to activities that demand dedication and consistency.
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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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Toyota supported Andrea Eskau, the German Paralympic skier who won gold in the 6km biathlon and silver in the 5km cross-country at the 2014 Sochi Games, at age 42.
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Zaino will also compete in the biathlon (skiing and shooting).
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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 3 Jul. 2026.
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