Volume XXXXIII Number 36 Sept. (1), 2018 MAYER is DECA’s STAR 9126 Score in Talence is New World Record Hello Again……By exactly 100 points more than the first 9000 score 17 years ago (Roman Sebrle/CZE-Götzis, 2001) 26 year old Kevin Mayer of France delighted a packed house of local fans in Bordeaux’s wine country the become the first of his nation to set a decathlon world record. For Mayer, the IAAF world champ the 9k performance was not exactly a surprise given his recent improvements and marks in open events. His goal was to go after the record at August’s European Championships in Berlin but after a sprint PR he fouled on three consecutive long jump attempts and resigned. Ala Dan O’Brien in 1992 who nh’d at the US France’s Kevin Mayer came away with a new decathlon Olympic Trials and then went to DecaStar in world record at DecaStar in Talence, 9126 points. Talence taking the global standard away On a day when the world marathon record from Daley Thompson, Mayer made the was lowered to 2:01.39, this will go dawn as IAAF CE Challenge meet in Talence the one of T&F’s finest moments. focus of his season. He came to DecaStar One American started, Steven looking for the record. Until then O’Brien’s Bastien who nh’d in the vault while standing 8893 was still the stadium record in Talence. in 6th place overall. A 16 man field started on Saturday, Sept 15, and from the start it was all about the record! A huge PR 10.55 l00m, set him A comparison of the World records: up and, at the end of the first day he piled up Mayer 2018 Talence 4563 points, 140 down on Ashton Eaton’s 9126 10.55+0.3 780+1.2 1600 205 48.42 4563 record pace. But Mayer has enormous 2nd 13.75-1.1 5054 545 7190 4:36.11 4573 day skills and he came away with an unusual nd Eaton 2015 Beijing negative split (more 2 day points than first) 9045 10.23-0.4 788 0.0 1452 201 45.00 4703 and a 4573 second day score. 13.69-0.2 4334 520 6363 4:17.52 4342 A 3rd round 71.90m/235-11 javelin sealed the deal allowing him to cruise a modest 4:36.11 for the record. Eaton was on of the first to respond with 7627 Nilsson, Marcus/SWE 11.40+0.1 662+0.4 congratulations. He tweeted: 1373 196 52.67 15.21-1.1 4306 495 6343 4:34.20 “This was an incredible display of ability! 7329 Lelievre, Jeremy/FRA 11.25+0.3 716+0.1 I’m super happy for Kevin and even more 1364 187 50.09 15.63-0.9 4011 435 5187 4:37.84 7276 Baran, Patryk/POL 11.04+0.1 710-1.4 for the future of the decathlon. Important 1319 190 51.12 15.35-1.1 3887 485 4945 5:04.50 thing for me has always been to keep 7187 Geffrouais, Florian/FRA 11.52+0.1 658+0.8 pushing the linit and inspiring others to do 1459 175 50.52 15.92-09 4272 425 5995 4:37.67 7018 Zhuk, Vitaliy/BLR 11.24+0.3 702+1.9 the same. Eaton’s coach, Harry Marra, 1556 196 49.61 14.97-1.1 4359 nh 5863 4:42.94 echoced the sentiment with “9126, Viva la 6750 Bastien, Steven/USA 10.86+0.3 741+1.9 France.” 1326 190 48.74 15.15-1.1 3748 nh 5359 4:55.34 dnf Ushiro, Keisuke/JPM 11.45+0.1 699+0.9 For Mayer, the 100, long jump and 1374 196 50.61 15.53-0.9 4386 withdrew javelin were all career bests. European dnf Shkurenev, Ilya/ANA 11.25+0.3 734-0.9 champion Arthur Abele/GER was more than 1364 205 50.26 withdrew dnf LePage, Pierce/CAN 10.55+0.3 750+0.6 800 points in arrears with a 8310 effort. withdrew 16s,13f. Results: 9/15-16 DeacStar, Talence, FRA 9126 Mayer, Kevin/FRA 10.55+0.3 780+1.2 1600 205 48.42 13.75-1.1 5054 545 7190 4:36.11 4563/4573 WR 8310 Abele, Arthur/GER 10.84+0.3 719+1.1 1520 193 48.48 13.86-1.1 4467 475 6535 4:33.78 8229 Nowak, Tim/GER 11.19+0.3 756+1.3 1450 196 49.29 14.72-0.9 4531 485 6400 4:26.80 7965 Braun, Pieter/NED 11.17+0.3 729-0.8 1437 202 49.09 14.61-1.1 4651 485 5651 4:36.39 7957 Gado, Ruben/FRA 10.75+0.3 743+1.5 1290 190 48.03 15.24-1.1 3746 515 5628 4:26.59 7818 Auzeil, Bastien/FRA 11.39+0.1 685+0.5 1493 196 50.03 14.78-0.9 4505 485 5970 4:43.73 7684 Wiesiolek, Pawel/POL 11.18+0.3 707-0.5 1315 196 50.68 15.15-0.9 4475 485 5760 4:45.45 .