heptathlon

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Recent Examples of heptathlon Only Anna Hall, who finished fifth in the 2024 Paris Olympics, has a better high school girls heptathlon score. Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025 Hall walked away with another NCAA title in the heptathlon and a silver medal in the 400-meter hurdles. Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025 That didn’t keep away U.S. heptathlon champion Anna Hall, who stepped into the 400-meter hurdles at the latest slam. Jesse Kirsch, NBC news, 6 May 2025 Across the track, the Aggies also saw wins from its distance medley relay team and Blake Harris in the heptathlon and from Samuel Whitmarsh in the 800m. Whitmarsh earned his second straight SEC title, legging past Mississippi State’s Abdullah Hassan in 1:47.69. Cory Mull, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heptathlon
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Noun
  • Jim Thorpe won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympic Games for pentathlon and decathlon.
    Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The Barbara Hood Memorial Student Scholar Athlete Award winner also took home first at the Div. 3 championship in the 100-meter hurdles (14.68), the 55-meter hurdles (8.35) and the pentathlon (3,258).
    Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Corbo, a first-team All-Dade player at Palmer, went to Ole Miss as a walk-on track athlete, training in the javelin throw as a freshman and in the decathlon as a sophomore.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Jim Thorpe won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympic Games for pentathlon and decathlon.
    Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Ramona High School senior Isabella Accardi has committed to Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota, as an athlete on the women’s triathlon team.
    Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Though the friend and Kocher muscled through the bumpy quarter mile, Beckley refused for the sake of his brand new expensive triathlon bike.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • German biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier, who captured two gold medals at the 2018 Olympics, died in mountaineering accident in a remote range of Pakistan, officials said Wednesday.
    David K. Li, NBC news, 30 July 2025
  • Belarusian competitors excel in biathlon and aerial skiing, and the two sports account for every medal but one that the nation has won at the Winter Games.
    Blythe Lawrence, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And in between, there are ample other events, tournaments and series that fashion should be watching.
    Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The two teams played in a tournament over Thanksgiving and Texas came away with a two-point win.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Jan. 2026

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