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Barlow will also compete Saturday in the 5A 300-meter hurdles, and now wants to pursue a heptathlon in college, headed to MSU Denver next year on a hurdling scholarship.
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Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 16 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
Four years later, after competing in her second Olympics and winning two gold medals (in the long jump and the heptathlon), Joyner-Kersee fulfilled another dream by establishing the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation.
—Kizzy Cox, Essence, 29 Jan. 2025
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Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 16 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
Four years later, after competing in her second Olympics and winning two gold medals (in the long jump and the heptathlon), Joyner-Kersee fulfilled another dream by establishing the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation.
—Kizzy Cox, Essence, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heptathlon
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Jim Thorpe won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympic Games for pentathlon and decathlon.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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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
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Jim Thorpe won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympic Games for pentathlon and decathlon.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Rowe teaches advanced English classes and also coaches the academic decathlon team that competes in eight subjects, including literature and math.—
Claire Osborn,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Swansea Guildhall was told that Buchan had travelled with his wife Samantha and their daughter Ella to the triathlon.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Maggie Muglia, a 25-year-old from Arlington Heights, participated in the 2023 competition for her first triathlon.—
Cam'ron Hardy,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Aug. 2025
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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
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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
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All eight of the previous Little League Classics have been held on that first Sunday of the tournament.—
Andrew Wagner,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The postseason tournament tips off on Sunday, September 14, at 1 pm ET, with games televised on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Heptathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heptathlon. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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