Originally Posted by Jaccobabe:
“Ah ok. Still impressive. Is he going Rio?
Too young probably, though would be great experience...”
He'd need 8100 in the decathlon proper, and the qualification window is closed anyway.
That reminds me - although I labelled it as such earlier, his score of 8162
technically isn't a WJR. That's because the shorthand in question is linked to Torsten Voss of East Germany (as it was then), who scored an eye-popping 8397 in 1982 with senior implements (!!) as junior implements weren't available at the time.
Even the great Daley Thompson 'only' scored 8082 (in 1977) as a junior.