RIO DE JANEIRO -- Ashton Eaton won his second straight Olympic decathlon gold medal on Thursday after finishing third in the last event -- the 1,500 meters. He becomes just the third athlete to win ...

Thorpe, a member of the Native American Sac and Fox Nation, was crowned champion in the classic pentathlon and decathlon. King Gustav V of Sweden hailed Thorpe as 'the greatest athlete in the world' ...

Daley Thompson is a former English decathlete. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest all-around athletes in sports ...