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Decathlon   /dikˈæθlɔn/   Listen
Decathlon

noun
1.
An athletic contest consisting of ten different events.






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"Decathlon" Quotes from Famous Books



... all that. When they became a part of normal life the summer was considered just an interlude between games. The Twenties were more than just a contest—they became a way of life that satisfied all the physical, competitive and intellectual needs of this unusual planet. They were a decathlon—rather a double decathlon—raised to its highest power, where contests in chess and poetry composition held equal place with those in ski-jumping and archery. Each year there were two planet-wide contests held, one for men and one for women. This was not an attempt at sexual ...
— Planet of the Damned • Harry Harrison



Words linked to "Decathlon" :   athletics, athletic competition, athletic contest



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