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Photo gallery - 37th Götzis Hypomeeting

Actually it's just a small town in Vorarlberg, Austria. Once a year, in late May, it hosts the most famous of all decathlon meetings, the Hypomeeting. It's probably the oldest one (first meeting held in 1975), the Mecca of decathlon, with …

Damian Warner, the decathlete who surprised the World by coming from nowhere to finish 5th at the London Olympics (2012).

Roman Šebrle became the first decathlete ever to achieve over 9000 points, setting the World Record at 9026 points (Götzis 2001), succeeding his compatriot, Tomaš Dvorak, who had scored 8994 points two years earlier (Prague 1999).

Grigori Degtyaryov is the Russian decathlon record holder with 8698 points

Dmitri Karpov won an Olympic bronze medal at the Athens Olympic Games (2004). He is the Kazakhstan decathlon record holder.

Andre Niklaus is double U23 European champion (2001, 2003) and he won gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Moscow 2006.

Romain Barras became Decathlon European Champion in Barcelona 2010.

Maurice Smith won silver medal at the World Championships in Osaka 2007. He holds the national record for the decathlon with 8644 points.

Trey Hardee won an Olympic silver medal at the London Olympic Games (2012). He is double Decathlon World Champion (2009, 2011)