How to Use decathlon in a Sentence

decathlon

noun
  • The next event in the decathlon, the long jump, is scheduled for 10:10 a.m.
    oregonlive, 23 July 2022
  • The coaching staff at Iowa wants to use him in the decathlon.
    Rick Armstrong, Aurora Beacon-News, 19 May 2018
  • He is now ranked No. 1 in Great Britain in the decathlon and third all-time.
    Richard Obert, azcentral, 8 June 2018
  • The next event in the men’s decathlon, the discus throw, is scheduled for 10:30 a.m.
    oregonlive, 24 July 2022
  • The decathlon and field events are streaming on NBCOlympics.com.
    Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 19 June 2021
  • In the pole vault, the eighth event of the decathlon, Kazmaier fouled in his first two attempts.
    BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2021
  • The decathlon was made up of ten events over three days, the last of which was a 1,500-meter run.
    Tara Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 July 2022
  • Thorpe won gold in both the pentathlon and the decathlon.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Workcuff is trying to become the 11th Mountaineer to win the decathlon at the event.
    baltimoresun.com, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Not even great athletes can win (or even choose to try) the decathlon.
    Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 June 2018
  • The concluding day of the decathlon will be the only men’s event.
    Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 10 June 2021
  • The United States has won decathlon gold in the last three Olympics and has claimed a medal of some kind in the past seven.
    Stacy St. Clair, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • At the Berlin Olympics, the United States finishes 1-2-3 in the men’s decathlon.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022
  • At the Berlin Olympics, the United States finishes 1-2-3 in the men’s decathlon.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023
  • And here is Squire's guide to today's decathlon events.
    Joel Odom, OregonLive.com, 13 June 2017
  • Warner became the first Canadian to win the gold medal in the decathlon and the fourth man to eclipse 9,000 points.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Those two medals, in the pentathlon and decathlon, are at the heart of Thorpe’s legacy.
    Louis Moore, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Through five events of the decathlon, Molina is in second with 3,417 points.
    From Staff Reports, latimes.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • The biggest hump for me was making the decision to do the decathlon.
    Rick Maese, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2017
  • Thorpe won both the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm.
    Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 28 July 2021
  • The Itasca, Illinois, native will return to the games in the decathlon.
    Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 June 2021
  • Here, for the first time, are the rules and scoring system for a decathlon that captures the spirit of our age.
    Alex Heard, Outside Online, 15 Aug. 2022
  • In the end, Johnson turned in his best decathlon yet, beating Kuznetsov and again breaking the world record.
    Scott Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Doing the decathlon now is an off-season thing for high school guys like me.
    Terry Monahan, Pomerado News, 2 Aug. 2017
  • Among them include pole vault, decathlon, javelin and marathons.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The morning-line favorite to win the 2020 Olympic decathlon is now Mel Gibson.
    Dwight Perry / Sideline Chatter, The Seattle Times, 12 May 2017
  • Unlike the men’s decathlon (10 events), the heptathlon does not include a pole vault.
    Lee Nichols, Dallas News, 15 May 2022
  • Willamette's Keaton Beckmann grabs the first-day lead of the Portland Twilight decathlon.
    OregonLive.com, 11 May 2018
  • Debbie Ajagbe earned a bronze medal with her 16.22 in the shot put, while Andreas Christodoulou placed second in the decathlon.
    Christy Cabrera Chirinos, Sun-Sentinel.com, 12 May 2018
  • Harrison Williams is from Houston and will run in the decathlon.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2024

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