(BEIJING, August 22) -- Bryan Clay of the United States still remains firmly in control of the Decathlon after the 110m Hurdles -- the sixth of 10 Decathlon disciplines.
Clay, silver medalist at Athens 2004, scored 984 points after running 13.93 seconds. He has attained a total of 5505 points for the sixth disciplines, holding off Andrei Krauchanka from Belarus with a total of 5381 points, who clocked 14.21seconds in the 110 Hurdles for 948 points.
Trey Hardee of the United States has kept his third place position, with 5377 points after running 14.20 seconds for 949 points.
Oleksiy Kasyanov from Ukraine remains in the fourth position running 14.37 seconds for 927 points. He has accumulated 5335 points so far.
Decathlon world record holder and reigning world and Olympic champion, Roman Sebrle of the Czech Republic, was down to the seventh rank from fifth in the previous discipline, at 5197 after scoring 885 points with a run of 14.71 seconds. Sebrle set the world record seven years ago with a final score of 9026.
The seventh discipline of the Decathlon, Discus Throw, will be held at 10:05 a.m. (UTC/GMT +8) on August 22 at the National Stadium.
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