French Decathlete Mayer Edges Closer To World Record
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published September 16, 2018 | 09:09 PM
Talence, France, Sept 16 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th Sep, 2018 ) :World champion Kevin Mayer remained well within range of a tilt at a new world record in the decathlon with just two disciplines left of the Decastar on Sunday.
The Frenchman cleared 5.45 metres in the pole vault to leave him on 7,503 points, 80 ahead of American Ashton Eaton when he set the current world record of 9,045pts.
"Now we can start talking about the world record," Mayer said after the pole vault.
Mayer will now compete in the javelin and the 1500m in full knowledge that Eaton's record is there for the taking should he produce anything close to his personal bests.
The 26-year-old missed out on adding the European title to his world crown and Olympic silver medal when he failed to register a mark in the long jump in Berlin last month.
But he put that disappointment well and truly behind him on the opening day on Saturday with personal bests of 7.80m in the long jump and 10.55sec in the 100m.
A shotput throw of 16m, then 2.05m on his third and last effort in the high jump and a 400m time of 48.42sec earned him a total of 4563 points at the midway stage.
Mayer opened Sunday with 13.75sec in the 110m hurdles and threw a whopping 50.54m in the discus before excelling at the pole vault in front of a partisan crowd.
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