0 a sports competition in which someone competes in ten events -- dziesięciobój
Take the new fashion for competitive team sports: that does not necessarily take into account the particular contribution that a disabled person can make through individualised decathlon competitions, for instance.
The prior world records in individual men's and women's javelin were invalidated, but the prior records in decathlon and heptathlon were not.
Drehmel first tried his hand at the javelin throw and the decathlon before switching to the triple jump in 1966.
The academic decathlon is a team competition wherein students match their intellects with students from other schools.
His personal best in decathlon was 7608 points achieved in 1997.
He was also sixth in athletics' decathlon event, 52nd in gymnastics' all-around event and 90th in gymnastics' triathlon event.
Multi-event competitions, the decathlon and triathlon, were introduced.
There were only a few candidates for the decathlon team, however, and the trials were cancelled.
