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2012 Summer Olympics : The international multisport event held in London from July 27 to August 12, 2012. Eaton won his first Olympic decathlon gold in London.
Decathlon : A combined track-and-field competition comprising ten events held over two days. It was Eaton's signature event and the basis of his Olympic titles.
Dan Steele : An American track-and-field coach who coached Ashton Eaton at the University of Oregon. Steele coached Eaton during the development of his collegiate and professional career.
Heptathlon : A combined track-and-field competition consisting of seven events, contested outdoors by women and indoors by men. Eaton also excelled in the indoor heptathlon, which uses fewer events than the decathlon.
2016 Summer Olympics : The international multisport event held in Rio de Janeiro from August 5 to 21, 2016. Eaton defended his decathlon title in Rio, becoming the first man to do so since 1988.
Decathlon scoring tables : A system of event-specific formulas that converts performances into points for combined-event competitions. The tables determine how marks across ten disciplines add up to a final score.
Kevin Mayer : A French decathlete who won Olympic silver in 2016 and later set the men's decathlon world record. Mayer tied Eaton's Rio score, but lost the Olympic title on countback.
Kevin Mayer's 2018 decathlon world record : Kevin Mayer's 9,126-point decathlon performance at the 2018 Décastar meeting in Talence, France. Mayer's record surpassed Eaton's 9,045-point mark from 2015.
Decathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics : The men's ten-event track-and-field competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Eaton won with an Olympic-record total of 8,869 points.
100 metres : A sprint race over 100 metres, contested on an outdoor track. A decathlete's opening event rewards speed before the competition shifts to other skills.
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