For everybody who likes to follow decathlon competitions: the 2015 Beijing World Championships Forecasting Service, courtesy of Matti Vesterinen!
On this page, you can see whether performance X in event Y is actually a good result for the athlete in question.
E.g., as you can see, 10.70 over 100 meters might be a considerable loss for somebody like title favourites Ashton Eaton and Trey Hardee, but means a huge personal best for medal contender Ilya Shkurenyov.
Performances during the competitions are compared with a 'reference decathlon' for the athlete in question - typically their best decathlon in the last year or so.
Matti, Frank Koopmans and/or myself are expected to keep the performances update. We may also post the occasional comment.
http://www.mattivesterinen.com/beijing2015/
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