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Since falling short of qualifying for the U.S. team in the heptathlon after a fall in the Olympic Trials before the 2020 games, Anna Hall has received regular encouraging calls from Joyner-Kersee while preparing for the 2024 Games.
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Melissa Lockard, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
In many ways, support for the decathlon and heptathlon is not trending in the right direction.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 27 July 2024
Jackie Joyner-Kersee ends her brilliant heptathlon career with a victory at the Goodwill Games.
—Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
Marra wanted the Paris organizers to highlight the decathlon and heptathlon.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 27 July 2024
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Melissa Lockard, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
In many ways, support for the decathlon and heptathlon is not trending in the right direction.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 27 July 2024
Jackie Joyner-Kersee ends her brilliant heptathlon career with a victory at the Goodwill Games.
—Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
Marra wanted the Paris organizers to highlight the decathlon and heptathlon.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 27 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heptathlon
Noun
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Athletes compete in traditional sports like archery, boxing and diving, as well as military competitions like aeronautical pentathlon and naval pentathlon.—
Danielle Battaglia,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Mar. 2025
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Jenna Fee Feyerabend won the pentathlon, claiming firsts in the high jump and shot put plus second in the long jump and 60 meters.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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Several new sports debuted at the 1904 Games, including boxing, freestyle wrestling, decathlon and a dumbbells event.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Jan. 2025
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Tom Holland's Peter has a favorite bodega, chases bad guys through backyards, and struggles to mix superhero-ing with the academic decathlon.—
Darren Franich,
EW.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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Haley also enjoys competing in triathlons, produces a podcast about the Cowboys Cheerleaders called Just4Kicks, and has a close relationship with her grandfather.—
Emy LaCroix,
People.com,
28 Nov. 2024
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No American has competed in triathlon and cycling at the same Olympics ever before.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
21 Nov. 2024
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Belarusian competitors excel in biathlon and aerial skiing, and the two sports account for every medal but one that the nation has won at the Winter Games.—
Blythe Lawrence,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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In addition to the previous sports offered, this year's event will include alpine skiing, snowboarding, biathlon, Nordic skiing, skeleton and wheelchair curling for the first time.—
Stephanie Petit,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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The projections will be updated after the completion of every tournament game.—
Austin Mock,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2025
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Three days ago, Minnesota was blitzed by the Pacers in Indiana for its third loss in four games, and the hopes of evading the play-in tournament by securing a top six seed in the West was dwindling.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Heptathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heptathlon. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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