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RIO OLYMPICS 2016: American Eaton secures decathlon title second time! Wife gets heptathlon bronze!

AIMAN INAM

 

 

RIO DE JANEIRO: The American world record holder Ashton Eaton, scored 8,993 points in Rio to claim decathlon gold while France’s Kevin Mayer bagged silver medal scoring 8,834.

Ashton Eaton, 28, the twice world champion became just the third man to win the Olympic decathlon twice. Before him this feat was achieved by Briton Daley Thompson at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.

Following the success, excited Eaton said: “To win two Olympic golds in a row like Daley is very special. One day, I’m going to have to meet Daley, shake his hand and thank him for giving me something to chase after”.

Since 2011, Eaton has conquered world events by holding one after the other titles. Commenting on his performance Eaton said: “My throwing has been bad in the past, but I really got after the discus and shot here. Can I do three in a row? Maybe you should ask Daley.”

After winning the title, emotional Eaton burst into tears while embracing his Canadian wife Brianne Theisen-Eaton who secured the bronze medal in the women’s heptathlon.

Damian Warner from Canada claimed bronze with 8,666 points. Upset with the performance, Warner said: “I came here with mindset of gold but there are a lot of tough competitors out there in decathlon. I am proud of myself. I feel like the luckiest athlete in the world.”

javlineatRIO: Twice world champion Ashton Eaton became the third man to win the Olympic decathlon twice.

c0ddaa4322564201a1e1da53d2dfc52c_r900x493RIO: Eaton snapped embracing his Canadian wife who too won a Bronze. 

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briannetheiseneaton_hep_bronze_davidjacksonphoto-2-e1471143647986RIO: Theisen-Eaton becomes first Canadian to win an Olympic medal in heptathlon.

 

 

 

 

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.