RIO DE JANEIRO – Ashton Eaton did something on Wednesday that he had not done since his junior year at Oregon in 2009. He trailed after the first event of the decathlon.
Eaton charged back over the course of the final four events of day one to take a 121 point lead heading into Thursday's final day of the Olympic decathlon.
Perhaps just as impressive as he looks to become the first American to repeat in the decathlon in more than half a century is that Eaton is on pace for an Olympic record.
Eaton scored 4,621 points through five events.