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France’s Mayer breaks decathlon world record
TALENCE, France, Sept 17, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Kevin Mayer set a new world
record in the decathlon with 9,126 points at the Decastar event on Sunday to
eclipse the previous mark of 9,045 set by American Ashton Eaton.
The Frenchman, who crashed out of last month’s European Championships in
Berlin after failing to register a mark in the long jump, easily beat the
time of 4:49.19 he needed in the concluding 1500m to take the record from
Eaton.
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