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Despite gracing the front of a Wheaties box, Clay remains relatively unknown outside the track world. Indeed, the fact that little more than 25 people have come out to watch the man who earned silver and gold medals for the decathlon in the last two Olympics cannot be attributed solely to an uninformed Harvard community. After all, the meet is open to the public...
...stop by as often as Nobel Laureates, Clay’s pedigree seems fitting—in addition to his medals in Athens and Beijing, the multi-event star is the reigning world indoor champion, and, despite his compact frame, boasts the best discus throw ever in a world decathlon (55.87 meters...
...feel like I can call myself one of the best decathletes that the U.S. has ever seen, and I think I can be pretty proud of that fact,” says the owner of the second-best heptathlon and decathlon scores in the nation’s history. “And I’ve got a chance to go and possibly win a third medal at a third Olympic games…and that’s something that no decathlete has ever done before...
...overseas. Mukhtarul Amin, managing director of Superhouse Ltd., an Indian clothes manufacturer that counts Esprit and Diesel among its clients, candidly admits that he can meet only 95% of his social responsibility commitments. Some, he says, are just too difficult, or aren't relevant to Indian society. French retailer Decathlon requires suppliers to have official documentation of workers' ages. "They don't know that a large number of Indians in rural areas have no such documents," says V. Srinivasan, a Superhouse manager. "So we have to make new workers get an affidavit from a magistrate. There's much running around...
...half points behind Princeton for second-best among Ivies. And although the men’s side accrued only one point, that point—courtesy of senior Alex Lewis in the decathlon—was the highlight of the meet.“Coming off the decathlon at last week’s [Heptagonal Championships] and then this one, he’s done two decathlons in seven days,” fellow co-captain Brian Holmquest said. “So he was a bit beat up going in, but he stuck in it and got a point...