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decathletes
n. (plural of decathlete English)
Usage examples of "decathletes".
But even decathletes have their best events, and in Kate Wilhelm's case, it sometimes seems she was born to write novellas.
They were tall and lean—as tall as basketball players, probably—but much stronger-looking, with an all round grace that reminded her of decathletes, or maybe Aussie Rules footballers (a baffling, sexy sport she'd tried to follow as a student, long ago).