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. 2023
• At the Berlin Olympics, the United States finishes 1-2-3 in the men’s decathlon.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022
• 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

Last Updated: 6 Dec 2024