Ashton Eaton is the world record holder and Olympic Champion in the Decathlon. He was a bit banged up in 2013, but, Ashton Eaton, with the help of his new wife, heptathlete Brianne Theisen-Eaton and their coach, Harry Marra, Ashton persevered.
Ashton Eaton, World Championship gold medalist, photo by PhotoRun.net
On the first day, his 400 meters just showed that, even with new Decathlon star, Gunnar Nixon, Ashton Eaton was the man.
On the second day, Ashton just built up a score that gave him the World Champs title: an upgrade from his silver in 2011.
For Ashton Eaton, who loves to compete, it is all about the competition. For his superb victory in the eye of the challenges of injuries, and the challenges of just being a decathlete, The Shoe Addicts give Ashton Eaton the Event of the Day for Day Two award, and made this video to salute the World’s Greatest Athlete, Ashton Eaton.
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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.
Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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