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heptathlon
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta (seven) and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "feat"). A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete. There are ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A month ago at a one-day test heptathlon in Tucson, she threw almost 160 feet compared to 136-7 Friday. ▪ Johnson must score 5, 600 points in the seven-event heptathlon to automatically qualify for the trials, June 14-23 in Atlanta. ...
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n. (context athletics English) an athletic contest comprising seven events; contested mostly by women, for whom this is an Olympic sport.
Usage examples of heptathlon.
They had heard about Paul Faithful, in Toowoomba, who had coached one of Cathy's idols, Glynis Nunn, heptathlon gold medallist at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984.