On Feb. 20, 1890, Alma Richards was born in the small southern Utah town of Parowan. And Utah’s Olympic history began.

The three hallmarks of athletics are running, jumping, and throwing, and the decathlon combines 10 events from these three disciplines into a combined event. In modern athletics, the ten events ...

Markus Rooth, an Olympic decathlon champion, has started a relationship with influencer Jenny Spetalen. Their unusual love story began with... smoked salmon. Markus Rooth, the gold medalist in the ...

Bob Mathias competed in the Rose Bowl and in the Olympic decathlon in the same year. One day the 17-year-old Californian is a regional prep star. A few months later, he's a national hero.

At the Olympic level, the decathlon, a 10-event track and field discipline which includes running, jumping and throwing, has been an all-male competition, while women are restricted to the seven ...