WHAT DO YOU GET when you combine marks of 10.55, 25-7¼ (7.80), 52-6 (16.00), 6-8¾ (2.05), 48.42, 13.75, 165-10 (50.54), 17-10½ (5.45), 235-11 (71.90) & 4:36.11? A stunning decathlon World Record of 9126, which is exactly what Kevin Mayer did to finish off his season. The 26-year-old Frenchman thus made Ashton Eaton’s reign as the WR holder far shorter than most would have imagined…
A HIGH SCORE was expected for the reigning No. 1 this year, but it was supposed to come at the European Championships, and it seemed to be in the cards after a PR 100, but then disaster struck: 3 fouls in the long jump. “This is a black day for me. I do not have an excuse,” he said after eschewing a safety jump and going all-out on all three. “I am very sorry for those who expected a lot of me, for all my fans. I was in great shape. I wanted to show much more than this. This was a big mistake. I took a high risk, but I do not regret the risk. I know that many people were expecting a lot from me and it hurts to disappoint them. This is really frustrating for me. I am quite disgusted, but this is sport.”…
FOR THE SECOND YEAR in a row the U.S. failed to have a scorer. The last time that happened was ’83 & ’84, but that was actually part of a 4-year drought that started in ’81.
| JUMP TO U.S. RANKINGS | VIEW WORLD TOP 50 LIST | VIEW U.S. TOP 50 LIST |
| 1. KEVIN MAYER (France) (2/10/92, 6-1¼/170) (1.86/77) | |||||
| dnf | … | –)Euro Ch | 8/08 | ▷ | 1. Abele; 2. Shkurenyov; 3. Zhuk; 4. Kaul; 5. Duckworth; 6. Roe; 7. Braun; 8. Dolezal; 9. Samuelsson; 10. Cairoli |
| 9126 | … | 1)Talence | 9/16 | ||
| 2. DAMIAN WARNER (Canada) (11/4/89, 6-¾/183) (1.85/83) | |||||
| dnf | … | –)Comm G | 4/10 | ▷ | 1. Victor; 2. LePage; 3. Dubler; 4. Felix; 5. Cranston; 6. Lane; 7. Gregory; 8. Koech |
| 8795 | … | 1)Götzis | 5/27 | ||
| 3. ARTHUR ABELE (Germany) (7/30/86, 6-½/176) (1.84/80) | |||||
| 8481 | … | 1)Ratingen | 6/17 | ||
| 8431 | … | 1)Euro Ch | 8/08 | ||
| 8310 | … | 2)Talence | 9/16 | ▷ | 1. Mayer |
| 4. MAICEL UIBO (Estonia) (12/27/92, 6-2/190) (1.88/86) | |||||
| 8407 | … | 1)Towns Inv | 4/07 | ||
| 8514 | … | 2)Götzis | 5/27 | ▷ | 1. Warner |
| dnf | … | –)Euro Ch | 8/08 | ▷ | 1. Abele; 2. Shkurenyov; 3. Zhuk; 4. Kaul; 5. Duckworth; 6. Roe; 7. Braun; 8. Dolezal; 9. Samuelsson; 10. Cairoli |
| 5. PIETER BRAUN (Netherlands) (1/21/93, 5-11½/176) (1.82/80) | |||||
| 8342 | … | 3)Götzis | 5/27 | ▷ | 1. Warner; 2. Uibo |
| 8105 | … | 7)Euro Ch | 8/08 | ▷ | 1. Abele; 2. Shkurenyov; 3. Zhuk; 4. Kaul; 5. Duckworth; 6. Roe |
| 7965 | … | 4)Talence | 9/16 | ▷ | 1. Mayer; 2. Abele; 3. Nowak |
| 6. ILYA SHKURENYOV (Russia) (1/11/91, 6-3¼/181) (1.91/82) | |||||
| 8182 | … | 7)Götzis | 5/27 | ▷ | 1. Warner; 2. Uibo; 3. Braun; 4. Kazmirek; 5. Brugger; 6. Kaul |
| 8321 | … | 2)Euro Ch | 8/08 | ▷ | 1. Abele |
| dnf | … | –)Talence | 9/16 | ▷ | 1. Mayer; 2. Abele; 3. Nowak; 4. Braun; 5. Gado; 6. Auzeil; 7. Wiesiolek; 8. Nilsson; 9. Lelievre; 10. Baran; 11. Geffrouais; 12. Zhuk |
| 7. VITALI ZHUK (Belarus) (9/10/96) | |||||
| 8162 | … | 9)Götzis | 5/27 | ▷ | 1. Warner; 2. Uibo; 3. Braun; 4. Kazmirek; 5. Brugger; 6. Kaul; 7. Shkurenyov; 8. Samuelsson |
| 8290 | … | 3)Euro Ch | 8/08 | ▷ | 1. Abele; 2. Shkurenyov |
| 7018 | … | 12)Talence | 9/16 | ▷ | 1. Mayer; 2. Abele; 3. Nowak; 4. Braun; 5. Gado; 6. Auzeil; 7. Wiesiolek; 8. Nilsson; 9. Lelievre; 10. Baran; 11. Geffrouais |
| 8. KAI KAZMIREK (Germany) (1/28/91, 6-2¼/201) (1.89/91) | |||||
| dnf | … | –)Halle | 5/06 | ▷ | 1. Nowak |
| 8329 | … | 4)Götzis | 5/27 | ▷ | 1. Warner; 2. Uibo; 3. Braun |
| dnf | … | –)Ratingen | 6/17 | ▷ | 1. Abele; 2. Eitel; 3. Nilsson; 4. Nowak; 5. Enahoro |
| 9. LINDON VICTOR (Grenada) (2/28/93, 6-3¼/196) (1.91/89) | |||||
| 8303 | … | 1)Comm G | 4/10 | ||
| dnf | … | –)Götzis | 5/27 | ▷ | 1. Warner; 2. Uibo; 3. Braun; 4. Kazmirek; 5. Brugger; 6. Kaul; 7. Shkurenyov; 8. Samuelsson; 9. Zhuk; 10. Ziemek; 11. Tilga; 12. Roe; 13. van der Plaetsen; 14. Ushiro; 15. Urena; 16. Auzeil; 17. Dolezal; 18. Lukas; 19. Pretorius; 20. Wiesiolek; 21. Santos |
| 10. TIM DUCKWORTH (Great Britain) (6/18/96, 6-¾/176) (1.85/80) | |||||
| 8145 | … | 2)Towns Inv | 4/07 | ▷ | 1. Uibo |
| 8336 | … | 1)NCAA | 6/07 | ||
| 8160 | … | 5)Euro Ch | 8/08 | ▷ | 1. Abele; 2. Shkurenyov; 3. Zhuk; 4. Kaul |
