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An athletic contest consisting of ten different events
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decathlon
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
decathlon \de*cath"lon\, n. [See Deca- ; Pentathlon .] In the modern Olympic Games, a composite contest consisting of a 100-meter run, a broad jump, putting the shot, a running high-jump, a 400-meter run, throwing the discus, a 100-meter hurdle race, pole ...
WordNet
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n. an athletic contest consisting of ten different events
Wikipedia
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The decathlon is an athletic event combining ten track and field events. Decathlon may also refer to: Decathlon Group , a global sporting goods retail store chain Decathlon (horse) , an American Thoroughbred racehorse Academic Decathlon , an American academic ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 an athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days 2 a contest in science and math proving skill
Usage examples of decathlon.
I assume someone who's won the decathlon in the All-Systems Olympics can do that.
John's only personal encounter with a Hemnoid before this had been at the Interplanetary Olympiad in Brisbane, Australia, the year John had won the decathlon competition.
The Half-Pint—I mean, John Tardy—was a former Olympic decathlon champion.
Then I decided, for like the ten thousandth time, that I was one rotten contradictory fellow, that my talent of dissipation should have long since turned me into a slack, wheezing, puffy ruin, had it not been combined with that iron Calvinistic conscience which, upon noting too much progressive decay, would drive me into the kind of training the decathlon boys seem to enjoy, punishing myself back into the kind of fitness that makes you feel as if no maniac could dent you with a sledge hammer.
The bedroom just fitted the bed, and the rest of the floor was covered with newspapers, dirty underwear, and a couple of Slazenger tennis bags still in their Decathlon sports-shop carrier.
One gold for Jonathan Edwards in the triple jump and a bronze for Dean Macey in the decathlon.