2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon ] The Men's decathlon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 and 28. Ashton Eaton started off strongly, taking a 22 point advantage in the 100m over American teammate Trey Hardee, then adding three more points in the long jump. Oleksiy Kasyanov placed himself in third. Defending champion Hardee pulled back that advantage to take a 6-point lead after the shot put. Aleksey Drozdov blew past the field with a 2.14 high jump, but cumulatively it was only a short lived 2-point lead.
Daley Thompson's Decathlon Daley Thompson's Decathlon Daley Thompson's Decathlon is a computer game developed and released under licence by Ocean Software in 1984. It was released in the wake of Daley Thompson's popularity following his gold medals in the decathlon at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games. A sequel, "Daley Thompson's Super-Test", was released in 1985. The player takes part in the ten events of the modern decathlon: The player starts the game with three lives; failure to reach the minimum standard in an event results in the loss of one life. Success in the 1500 meters event results in the game returning