US champion Kyle Garland leads the decathlon after the first three disciplines. A 10.51 run in the 100m, 7.92m leap in the long jump and 17.02m throw in the shot put has given him a 162-point lead over the rest of the field.
World indoor champion Sander Skotheim has also got off to a good start and he currently sits in fifth place overall, just 39 points shy of the pace he set when scoring his world-leading 8909.
Olympic silver medallist Leo Neugebauer and 2024 world indoor champion Simon Ehammer are currently in second and third respectively, just ahead of Puerto Rico’s Ayden Owens-Delerme.
Damian Warner, who won Olympic gold in this stadium in 2021, was a late withdrawal from the competition after sustaining an achilles injury in warm-up.
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