How to Use decathlon in a Sentence

decathlon

noun
  • Not even great athletes can win (or even choose to try) the decathlon.
    — Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 June 2018
  • Among them include pole vault, decathlon, javelin and marathons.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The coaching staff at Iowa wants to use him in the decathlon.
    — Rick Armstrong, Aurora Beacon-News, 19 May 2018
  • Doing the decathlon now is an off-season thing for high school guys like me.
    — Terry Monahan, Pomerado News, 2 Aug. 2017
  • The concluding day of the decathlon will be the only men’s event.
    — Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 10 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 biggest hump for me was making the decision to do the decathlon.
    — Rick Maese, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2017
  • The show takes places in the high school world of basketball, homeroom and science decathlon.
    — Bob Kostanczuk, Post-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Those two medals, in the pentathlon and decathlon, are at the heart of Thorpe’s legacy.
    — Louis Moore, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • Unlike the men’s decathlon (10 events), the heptathlon does not include a pole vault.
    — Lee Nichols, Dallas News, 15 May 2022
  • Harrison Williams is from Houston and will run in the decathlon.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2024
  • Workcuff is trying to become the 11th Mountaineer to win the decathlon at the event.
    — baltimoresun.com, 26 Apr. 2017
  • The decathlon will conclude, but the rest of the competition is given over to the women.
    — OregonLive.com, 7 June 2018
  • 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
  • Through five events of the decathlon, Molina is in second with 3,417 points.
    — From Staff Reports, latimes.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • The Itasca, Illinois, native will return to the games in the decathlon.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 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
  • Willamette's Keaton Beckmann grabs the first-day lead of the Portland Twilight decathlon.
    — OregonLive.com, 11 May 2018
  • Jim Thorpe won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympic Games for pentathlon and decathlon.
    — Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Thorpe won both the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm.
    — Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 28 July 2021
  • 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
  • Among the other finals today are the woman's high jump, men's triple jump, the decathlon, and the men's and women's 5,000s.
    — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 23 June 2017
  • The morning-line favorite to win the 2020 Olympic decathlon is now Mel Gibson.
    — Dwight Perry / Sideline Chatter, The Seattle Times, 12 May 2017
  • The track star in the family was his brother Bill, the 1968 Olympic decathlon gold medalist.
    — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
  • 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
  • The 6-foot-2, 180-pounder has competed in the Tennessee state championships in the decathlon.
    — Jeff Sentell, AJC.com, 29 May 2026
  • Josefowicz, in her decathlon of a performance, brought Ligeti’s savage discontinuities to the surface.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

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