| The pictures above show Roman during the Long Jump, Discus and Shot Put
disciplines of the Decathlon at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka.
Sebrle, the reigning Olympic champion, struck gold at the Worlds for the
first time, having won the silver medal at the previous two
Championships in Paris and Helsinki. It was a tight finish though,
Roman's total of 8676 points - which included a new PB in the Javelin -
leaving him just 32 points clear of the fast improving Jamaican Maurice
Smith. A happy Sebrle latter commented: "That was a crazy competition
with so many ups and downs. After the pole vault, I was thinking 'it
will be bad'. After the javelin again 'good'. But I could not be sure
before the 1500m, so I tried to control the race and go with Maurice and
Dmitry." He added: "This is the toughest of all my titles." This World
title completed the 'full set' for Roman, having won gold at the 2004
Olympics and 2002 & 2006 European Championships. With this success
he also became the first man since Sergey Bubka (86-88) to
simultaneously hold the Olympic, World and European titles. |
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Men's Decathlon.
2007 World Athletics Champs |
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| 1. Roman SEBRLE |
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CZE |
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8676pts |
| 2. Maurice SMITH |
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JAM |
|
8644pts NR |
| 3. Dmitriy KARPOV |
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KAZ |
|
8586pts |
| 4. Aleksey DROZDOV |
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RUS |
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8475pts PB |
| 5. André NIKLAUS |
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GER |
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8371pts PB |
| 6. Aleksey SYSOYEV |
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RUS |
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8357pts PB |
| 7. Romain BARRAS |
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FRA |
|
8262pts |
| 8. Yordani GARCIA |
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CUB |
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8257pts NR |
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| Points Breakdown |
| 1. 100m |
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11.04 |
|
852pts |
| 2. Long Jump |
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7.56 |
|
950pts |
| 3. Shot Put |
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15.92 |
|
846pts |
| 4. High Jump |
|
2.12 |
|
915pts |
| 5. 400m |
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48.80 |
|
871pts |
| 6. 110m Hurdles |
|
14.33 |
|
932pts |
| 7. Discus |
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48.75 |
|
844pts |
| 8. Pole Vault |
|
4.80 |
|
849pts |
| 9. Javelin |
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71.18 |
|
907pts PB |
| 10.1500m |
|
4.35.32 |
|
710pts |
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The pictures above show Roman during the 1500m, Long Jump, Shot Put and
High Jump disciplines of the mens Heptathlon at the 2007 European Indoor
Athletics Championships in Birmingham. He won the gold medal with 6196pts,
69 points clear of his nearest challnger Aleksandr Pogoralev.
Photos G.H. ©
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| Men's Heptathlon. 2007 European Indoor Championships |
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| 1. Roman Sebrle |
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CZE |
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6196pts |
| 2. Aleksandr Pogoralev |
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RUS |
|
6127pts |
| 3. Andrei Krauchanka |
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BLR |
|
6090pts |
| 4. Dennis Leyckes |
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GER |
|
5962pts |
| 5. Jacob Minah |
|
GER |
|
5896pts |
| 6. Romain Barras |
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FRA |
|
5883pts |
| 7. Rudy Bouguignon |
|
FRA |
|
5737pts |
| 8. Francois Gourmet |
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BEL |
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5721pts |
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