RIO DE JANEIRO – Ashton Eaton is the "Greatest of All Time."
Again.
Eaton won the Rio Summer Games decathlon on Thursday with an Olympic record-tying score of 8,893 points as he claimed a share of the lone major international record he had yet to own in the sport.
He matched the previous Olympic record set by Roman Sebrle of the Czech Republic in 2004. He also became the first American to win back-to-back decathlon titles since Bob Mathias in 1948 and 1952.
Eaton was pushed the entire day by Kevin Mayer of France, who actually led for a brief moment on Thursday, and Damian Warner of Canada.