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[olorin]

I don't follow closely multi-events in Europe (so there may be a familiarity bias) but in my opinion Max Vollmer (Oregon) should be on the list too. ...

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Leo Neugebauer (Texas So-2) just broke two PBs (14.59 110h & 53.69 in DT) in Big 12 championship, pushing his sum of PBs to 8529.

This...

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The latest member of the 8000 club Ryan Talbot had a sum of PBs of 7988 before the competition. As of today there are 16(!) decathletes in the NCAA final...

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Blazevica with 6,064 confirmed she is a favorite for a medal. Marsh with 5946 in the ACC, Wakefield and Eikeng are likely to be the main challengers....

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Of course I cannot speak on the behalf of dupontred but I share his feeling completely.

From a nation of one decathlete (Dubler) in 2000-2018,...

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Gery Haasbroak is competing tomorrow in the hope he can use his high potential (8,193) to be the fifth Australian above 8,000 points.

In...

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Do you know how the Estonian selection works?

It seems that with Uibo, Tilga, Oiglane and Erm, Estonia may find itself with more the three...

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Anna Hall's sum of PBs is already 6,820 so theoretically, she can get to 6,800 points without breaking a single PB. The exciting thing about Hall's performance...

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Was it confirmed that Garland will not compete in the NCAA decathlon?...

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This is starting to be annoying.

Since I am the only one that mention 6,800, I assume that 'people' refers to me.
In this case I suggests...

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To further illustrate why I believe that if she will regain her HJ prowess then 6,800 points will happen until Paris, let's take for example JEH 6,823...

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And while we all focus on her problems (HJ and throws) a look at the all-time list reveals how great her running was.
So far there are 51 performances...

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Re Hall throws.

I believe that there is a difference between the SP and the JT.

In the SP she had a good season throwing 13m...

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The beginning of your statement is problematic. Hall is now a year younger than Williams was when she left college and two years younger than Bougard....

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During the first years of my decathlon obsession (2012-2017) I spent a lot of time analyzing the difference between the sum of PBs (potential) and decathlon...

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As far as I see in this conversation no one made any comparison to JJK.
What I said is that "My own prediction - Hall in my opinion is the...

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Of course, Garland's second-place 8720, is the one that pushes yesterday's score above many other great performances in the trials (e.g. Eugene 2012)....

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More on Anna Hall's performance

Unlike her male counterparts, Hall didn't have consistent competition across all her events.
Hall...

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More on Scantling's performance

It is a unique day when 8,864 is the second-best performance of the day. Scantling is the first post-Eaton...

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More on Garland's performance

Sorry to join the party after it ended (time-zones) but some notes on Garland's amazing 8720 performance....