2007 World Decathlon, Day 1

In late May, the world’s top decathletes met in Goetzis, Austria, for Hypo Meeting decathlon. Outsports photographer Finneye was on hand to document the action. Below are his photos from Day 1 of the two-day event. Day 1 events were the 100-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump and 400-meter run.

The competing athletes by their bib numbers are: 1. Bryan Clay USA (who finished third); 2. Roman Sebrle, Czech (who finished second); 3. Dmitriy Karpov, Kazakhstan; 4. Aleksey Drozdov, Russia; 5. Andre Niklaus, Germany; 6. Maurice Smith, Jamaica, 7. Pascal Behrenbruch, Germany, 8. Dennis Leyckes, Germany; 9. Romain Barras, France; 10. Andrei Krauchanka, Belarus (the eventual winner); 12. Tomas Dvorak, Czech, 14. Josef Karas, Czech; 16. Rudy Bourguignon, France; 17. Norman Müller, Germany; 18. Arthur Abele, Germany; 19. Lars Albert, Germany; 20. Jacob Minah, Germany;
21. Clasten Bernard, Jamaica; 22. Janis Karlivans, Latvia; 23. Aleksey Sysoyev. Russia; 24. David Gervasi, Switzerland; 25. David Fröhlich, Switzerland; 26. Nicklas Wiberg, Sweden; 27. Hamdi Dhouibi, Tunisia; 28. Markus Walser, Austria.

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