PARIS (AP) — On a spectacular day for track and field fans, Kevin Mayer of France set a decathlon world record in front of a home crowd, just hours after Eliud Kipchoge smashed the marathon world record in Berlin. — Ashton Eaton (@AshtonJEaton) September 16, 2018

Third challenge win for Schäfer

World silver medallist Carolin Schäfer held a 17-point lead after the first day of the heptathlon, but was temporarily overtaken after the first event of the second day. Mayer, 26, made amends for missing out on the European title in Berlin last month, where he failed to register a mark in the long jump, by throwing a personal best of 71.90 metres in the javelin, Sunday's penultimate event. He threw a personal best of 71.90 metres in the javelin, Sunday’s penultimate event, then finished the decisive 1,500 metres in four minutes 36.11 seconds, having needed to clock 4:49 to break the record. The performance came on the same day Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge eclipsed the world marathon record by a stunning one minute and 18 seconds when he ran 2:01:39 in Berlin. “That was an incredible display of ability!” he wrote. I'm super happy for @mayer_decathlon & and even more for the future of the decathlon," Eaton said on Twitter. "Important thing to me has always been to keep pushing the limit and inspiring others to do the same. The more 9k can become commonplace the better.” Just as USA’s Dan O’Brien had done in 1992 after famously no-heighting in the pole vault at the US Olympic Trials that year and therefore missing out on the Olympic Games, Mayer gained redemption in the best possible way: by smashing the world record. Mayer, this year's world indoor champion in the heptathlon, signalled he was ready for a run at the world record when he scored 4,563 points in Saturday's opening five events. He opened his second day by clocking 13.75 seconds in the 110m hurdles, throwing 50.54m in the discus and clearing 5.45m in the pole vault before his javelin and 1,500m. “Now we can start talking about the world record,” said Mayer, having tallied 7503 points after eight events. “The race seemed longer than usual. And a German (European champion Arthur Abele), on my right-hand side, was catching up with me. “This race was very cool.”

Mayer opened the discus with 46.41m before improving that to 48.72m in round two and 50.54m in round three.
At the season's last IAAF Combined Events Challenge in Talence, French athlete Kevin Mayer breaks the decathlon world record with a score of 9,126 points.