Decathlon's Ashton Eaton stakes claim as world's top athlete
News Former University of Oregon track star Ashton Eaton won gold in the Olympic decathlon yesterda More. Aug 10, 2012 12:34 pm by Aaron Mesh | Comments 0 · Birth Control at the Oregon Zoo · News The Oregon Zoo has a national reputation for its
But Ashton Eaton has made a case, too, one that used to resonate more with the American public but doesn't so much these days. Doesn't everybody remember Bruce Jenner finishing the 1500 and waving the flag in 1976? Will they remember Eaton's 2012
The title of "World's Greatest Athlete" now belongs to American Ashton Eaton, who won gold in the men's decathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Sponsored Links. Hold it. Ashton Eaton doesn't even want to be called that. "In order to consider myself the world's greatest athlete," said America's newest decathlon king, "I'd have to amaze myself in every event."
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