Decathlon 2012

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(multi-events topic last entry 30mar12)

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Texas Relays DEC
'Isaac Murphy ... set or tied seven personal bests out of the 10 events on his way to a career-best 8,067 points'

see
www.texassports.com/sports/m-track/reca ... 12aac.html

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'Hardee begins Olympics preparation at Texas Relays'

LJ 7.29 (pb 7.88 '11)
DT in prelims only 48.86 (pb 52.68 '08)

see
www.texassports.com/sports/tex-relays/r ... 12aaa.html

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'Murphy’s 8067 in 70th 8k by an American'

Texas relays DEC story

see
http://decathlonusa.typepad.com/files/v ... l12012.pdf

[AllanW]

'70th American over 8k.'

It's a frightening statistic, isn't it? UK All Time list in comparison? 3. Daley, Dean, Alex Kruger. Last one? Macey's 8160 something in the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. I watched our latest Dec hope Dan Awde last year at Bedford achieve 7869 (he went twenty points better a month later in Italy to set his current p.b.) and he did indeed look better than anyone else we have at the moment. Then looked-up the NCAA finals a little later in the summer and saw that his p.b. score would have put him ....... thirteenth.

As someone said on another thread, in Dec we haven't even anyone on the horizon of a medal at the moment and that's said after admitting I'm looking forward to see what Martin Brockman and Ben Hazell have been up to over the winter (they should be at Millfield at the end of this month so I'll be able to watch them then). I have a lot of time for Ashley Bryant, enjoyed watching Ben Gregory set a new indoor mark in Cardiff recently and relish seeing what Jack Andrew and Liam Ramsey can achieve on their returns from injury. But where are the 8k performers and why do we have to subsist on expectations of this latest young generations' potential for the future rather than be able to watch our twenty-three to twenty-eight year old decathletes score better?

Meh. I'm just 'bumpin' me gums' as you've put up a new thread

[Geoff]

I used to coach GB decathletes and can offer a few reasons why we haven't got world class decathletes at the moment.
1. It's time consuming for both athlete and coach.
2. It's expensive for both athlete and coach.
3. There is always pressure to specialise too early.
4. Lack of good technical coaches at club level and very limited run, jump, throw in many clubs.
5. Media focus on the track rather than the field.
6. General lack of senior male athletes.
7. Not attracting the right type of athlete.
8. Unwillingness to take more time to develop - needs patience.

We used to have a great base of decathletes with around a 100 over 5000 points but that base has diminished to about 30 or so. We used to have top juniors and senior internationals in individual events trying decathlon but that raely happens anymore.

Like all other events we don't seem to have any sort of event development plan to promote decathlon and develop athletes from club level to elite.

I'm hopeful we will see one or two British decathletes over 8000 points this year but we need bigger, more powerful men to take up the event in the future. Perhaps some of the sprinters but they don't even long jump any more!

PS There are probably lots of other reasons and no doubt others will post them!

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AllanW

No, not a case of 'bumping gums or 'flapping lips' (had to look your phrase up; am I running fast enough to keep up with our evolving English language).

DEC isn't the only even bewailed over in GBR - eg marathon. Let us hope that if nothing else all our top DEC men make PBs this year and so satisfaction for them, even if not OLY level stuff.

Geoff
You observations are pertinent but really overall our society is changing, and there maybe a chance to excel for a few professional athletes, them being supported financially, and by a few others who excel inspite of the system. There is a social malaise affecting club athletics, so something dramatic has got to happen to prompt a change from how young people see 'serious' sport these days. and at the coach level are new volunteers flooding in? I doubt it but I have no hard figures to hand to support that guess.

Whatever excellent systems might be produced by the Governing Bodies that prop things up, in part, it is society that decides, or something like that.

[Geoff]

Some of you may already have seen this but Ashton Eaton ran 45.68 for 400 the other day!!! I'd like to see Daniel Awde qualify for London and for them to be in the same heat!

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Some of you may already have seen this but Ashton Eaton ran 45.68 for 400 the other day!!! I'd like to see Daniel Awde qualify for London and for them to be in the same heat!

Geoff
Thanks for that one, and in fact Ashton Eaton was 5-events busy at the weekend
2apr
100 10.45 (PB 10.26 '11)
400 45.68 (prev PB 46.28 '10) adds 31pts
SP 14.62 (prev PB 14.56 '12) adds 3pts
3apr
DT 43.34 (PB 47.36 '11)
JT 56.15 (PB 56.19 '11)

see
www.tilastopaja.org/db/atm.php?ID=75823&Odd=1

If the OLY W HEP is going to be very interesting, then so is the M DEC, if the throwing elbow of World champion Trey Hardee takes the pressure.

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DECA Newsletter Vol XXXVII No.22 2apr12

Trey Hardee
110H 13.61 PB (prev PB 13.69 '11) - adds 10pts
LJ 7.29 (PB 7.88 '11)

see
http://decathlonusa.typepad.com/files/v ... l22012.pdf

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'Kame and Simpson return to defend titles in Mauritius'

African Combined Events Championships 14-15apr12

see
www.iaaf.org/WCE11/news/newsid=64544.html

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IAAF Combined Events Challenge calendar

see
www.iaaf.org/Mini/wce12/Results/Calendar.aspx

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RSA NR
8244 Willem Coertzen '82 14apr12
11.18+0.1 7.47 13.85 2.04 49.39 // 14.34+0.1 43.47 4.63pb 66.95pb 4.23.84pb

prev NR 8146 Coertzen '09

see
www.iaaf.org/Mini/OLY12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=64561
www.tilastopaja.org/db/toplist.php?list ... eason=2012

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DECA Newsletter No.23

Hardee DT 51.59 (PB 52.68 '08)

see
http://decathlonusa.typepad.com/files/v ... l32012.pdf

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'Gold rush for Clay'
'American hoping to become first decathlete with three medals'

Bryan Clay, USA, '80, 1.78m, 82kg, won OLY '08 with 8791
PBs
DEC 8832 '08 (+ 8483 '10, 8820 '04)
HEP 6371 '08
pbs 10.35, 47.78, 4.38.93, 13.64, 2.10, 5.15, 7.96, 16.27, 55.87, 72.00

2012 season
indoors 4.75in PV, 15.38in SP
7apr12 out 13.82 110H, 7.07 LJ, 15.17 SP

see
http://www1.skysports.com/olympics/story/15234/7677055

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'Under 23 champion Van Der Plaetsen looking for senior honours in Helsinki'

Bel DEC PB 8157

see
www.european-athletics.org/european-ath ... sinki.html

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DEC 2012 World list additions in top 10 in last week or so

3 8065 NR Gonzalo Barroilhet CHI 19 Mar 86 194/90 1 ACC Charlottesville VA 20 Apr
10.99/0.8 6.96/0.0 14.34 2.06 50.84 14.14/0.2 45.22 5.30 54.70 4:49.19
7 7972 NR Kurt Felix GRN 4 Jul 88 1 MSR Azusa CA 19 Apr
11.08/1.5 7.73/0.5 12.69 2.06 48.82 14.91/0.3 39.37 4.30 66.62 4:35.61

see
www.tilastopaja.org/db/toplist.php?list ... eason=2012

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'Two-Time Olympic Medalist Bryan Clay & Drake Stadium Record-Holder Arnold To Compete In Drake Relays Decathlon'

w/th 25-26apr12

Clay's PB 8832 '08
Arnolds PB 8253 '10

see
www.godrakebulldogs.com/ViewArticle.dbm ... =205418671

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DECA Newsletter No.24

see
http://decathlonusa.typepad.com/files/v ... l42012.pdf

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'One Event the U.S. Still Owns'

'Decathlon's Top Three Medal Contenders Are American'

see
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 55630.html

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Ashton Eaton at Mt. SAC Relays
20apr DT 46.14; pb 47.36
21apr 100 10.36; pb 10.26
21apr 110H 13.52; pb 13.35
21apr LJ 8.06; pb 8.16i

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'Bryan Clay: Feats of Clay'
'Athlete gets 10 out of 10 for his efforts in the decathlon but he has a love-hate relationship with it.'

see
www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profi ... 82374.html

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GBR 2012 top 3 to date

1 7645 7889 Daniel Awde 22.06.88 Greg Richards Woodford Green Essex Ladies Port Elizabeth, RSA 14 Apr 12
2 7493 7712 Martin Brockman 13.11.87 Christopher Bowman Medway & Maidstone Blacktown, AUS 8 Jan 12
3 7242 7571 Kevin Sempers 24.11.85 Ian Grant Trafford Woodford 21 Apr 12

see
www.thepowerof10.info/rankings/rankingl ... &year=2012

[AllanW]

Brockman, Hazell, Hall and a bunch of others are down to compete at Millfield this weekend. I think we'll get very, very wet on Sunday if the weather forecast is to be believed ...

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Clay, OLY '08 DEC Champ did 7 events of a DEC 25-26apr

10.45 100 (pb 10.35 '10)
13.92 110H (pb 13.64 '10)
1.99 HJ (pb 2.10 '06)
4.90 PV (pb 5.15 '08)
7.13 LJ (pb 7.96 '04)
15.15 SP (pb 16.21 '08)
50.86 DT (pb 55.87 '05)

see
www.tilastopaja.org/db/atm.php?ID=6175&Odd=1

[Geoff]

Brockman, Hazell, Hall and a bunch of others are down to compete at Millfield this weekend. I think we'll get very, very wet on Sunday if the weather forecast is to be believed ...

A complete washout on the second day as the event was abandoned. Many other track & field meets were also called off as our season got under way!

[AllanW]

A complete washout on the second day as the event was abandoned. Many other track & field meets were also called off as our season got under way!

Yep. Saturday was quite blustery and cold but reasonably dry however Sunday saw gale-force winds, driving rain and cold again. Richard and the other organisers had no real choice but to call things off for the safety of competitors and officials.
Certainly makes the investments made by the throwers and runners who went to the sunny States these last few weeks show a handsome return.

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DECA NEWSLETTER No.25

Background to Clay's recent activity in 7 events

see
http://decathlonusa.typepad.com/deca/20 ... drake.html

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29apr12 Eaton JT PB 60.26 (742pts)
prev PB 57.23 '11 (696pts)
46pts gained

see
www.tilastopaja.org/db/atm.php?ID=75823&Odd=1

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'Decathlete Bryan Clay books double ‘Redemption’ tour'

'make his presence known at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials at Hayward Field on June 22-23.'

see
www.registerguard.com/web/sports/280101 ... k.html.csp

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'Could the U.S. Sweep the Decathlon Medals at the London Olympics?'

see
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/could-u-sw ... --oly.html

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5-6may12 Desenzano del Garda, ITA DEC activity

1 Dmitriy Karpov, KAZ 8172

2 Ashley Bryant, GBR, '91, 1.78m, 80kg, PB 7789 '11
prev pbs 11.02, 7.48, 13.32, 1.89, 48.47, 14.35, 40.65, 4.60, 67.16, 4.39.51
5-6may12 11.10, 7.12, 13.54pb,1.77, 48.42pb,14.49, 40.70pb, 4.55, 64.60, 4.45.72 7689

5 John Lane, GBR, '89, PB 7348 '11
prev pbs 10.94, 7.00, 13.91, 1.98, 48.60, 15.05, 42.16, 4.73, 51.12, 4.59.40
5-6may12 10.93pb,7.00=pb,13.95pb,1.92, 48.44pb,14.93pb,37.71, 4.75pb,45.28, 5.04.21,7399pb

DNF Martin Brockman, GBR, '87, 1.97m, 92kg, PB 7712 '10
prev pbs 11.18, 7.29, 14.48, 2.14, 49.47, 15.29, 41.06, 4.60, 57.69,4.26.28
5-6may12 11.54, 7.12, 14.54pb,1.98, 51.43, 15.68, 39.60, ----,

see
www.iaaf.org/Mini/WCE12/Results/Results ... code=4910/
www.thepowerof10.info/

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'Karpov and Ifadidou prevail in Desenzano del Garda – IAAF Combined Events Challenge'

see
www.iaaf.org/Mini/WCE12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=64814

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'Sergey Sviridov won the Russian Cup decathlon with a 2012 world-leading tally of 8366 points'

10.88pb, 7.52, 15.03pb, 1.94, 48.28pb // 14.83pb, 49.01, 4.40, 68.89pb, 4:25.15pb

Sergey Sviridov. RUS, '90, Prev PB 7601 '11
11.26/-1.5 - 7.00/0.3 - 13.21 - 1.94 - 50.18 / 14.49/0.0 - 48.18 - 4.40 - 59.78 - 4:43.56

Prev RUS U23 NR 8357 Alexei Sysoev '07

HEP 1 Yana Panteleyeva 6001

see
www.european-athletics.org/news/latest- ... ridov.html

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'Ashton Eaton enters Jerome Classic with Canadian connection'

10jun, and will do 2 or 3 events.

see
http://blogs.canada.com/2012/05/14/asht ... onnection/

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DECA newsletter 28

re Big 10 Bjorn Barrefors 7897
re Big 12 Isaac Murphy 7642

40 Collegians over 7000 last weekend

see
http://decathlonusa.typepad.com/files/v ... y32012.pdf