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Tracking Star: Ashton Eaton, Winner of Olympic Decathlon

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WIRED Health Conference: Living By Numbers

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Partner:: WIRED
Location:: Le Parker Meridien
New York, NY
Event Date:: 10.16.12
Speakers:: Ashton Eaton,; Mark McClusky
Tags:: health; personalized health; olympics; running; athletes

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Ashton Eaton, Olympic decathlon gold medal winner and world record holder in decathlon and heptathlon, speaks about career.

	ASHTON EATON Gold Medalist, Olympic Decathlon World Record Holder, Decathlon and Heptathlon
in conversation with MARK McCLUSKY, Special Projects Editor, WIRED

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Ashton Eaton

Ashton Eaton won the gold medal in decathlon at the 2012 London Olympics, earning the traditional title of “world’s greatest athlete.” Just 24, he already holds the world record in both of the combined track and field events—the ultimate tests of speed, strength, and endurance. While a student at the University of Oregon, Eaton won five NCAA Championship titles, including three consecutive decathlon titles, and broke Dan O’Brien’s longstanding world record in the heptathlon. (He has since broken his own record twice.) In 2010 he received the Bowerman Award as the top male collegiate track athlete in the country. After graduating, he took gold at the 2011 USA Championships and silvered at the World Championships in South Korea. Earlier this year he won the World Indoor Championships and broke the world decathlon record at the US Olympic trials in June.

Mark McClusky

Mark McClusky leads WIRED’s expansion into new publishing platforms and has written extensively on the use of data in athletic training. He is also the founding editor of Playbook, WIRED’s sports technology blog. From 2005 to 2010 he was the magazine’s senior product editor. Before that he served as managing editor of Wired.com, editor in chief of EA.com, and a reporter at Sports Illustrated. His forthcoming book on the science of elite sport will be published by Hudson Street Press in 2014.

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01.: Magnitude of Olympic Accomplishments

03 min 09 sec

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02.: Becoming a Decathlete

03 min 46 sec

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03.: How a Decathlon Is Structured

02 min 55 sec

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04.: Training Cycle

03 min 01 sec

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05.: Using Video to Analyze Weaknesses

02 min 45 sec

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06.: Maintaining Endurance During the Event

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07.: Bond Among Competitors

02 min 21 sec

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08.: How the Olympics Compares to Other Events

01 min 09 sec

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09.: Maintaining Focus

02 min 16 sec

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10.: Room for Progression

00 min 56 sec

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11.: Troublesome Events

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12.: What Decathletes Think of the Modern Pentathlon

01 min 34 sec

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13.: Track and Field vs. Team Sports

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14.: Getting a Massage at the Olympics?

01 min 54 sec

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15.: Staying Active As You Get Older?

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16.: Q: Mentoring Young Athletes?

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17.: Q: Leveraging Health Data?

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18.: Q: Why Track Athletes Keep Getting Better?

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Ashton Eaton: Why Track Stars Keep Getting Better

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Olympic decathlon gold medalist Ashton Eaton explains why track stars - and athletes in general - continue to get bigger, faster, and stronger.
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