Rio Olympics: One, Two & Three

The top three places in the Decathlon were keeping a close eye on each other over the 1,500 meters of the final event.  The trio of Ashton Eaton (USA), Kevin Mayer (France), and Damian Warner (Canada) entered the final turn running in their same placings as their standings in the Decathlon.  The final event did nothing to alter the standings.  So it is Eaton successfully defending his Gold Medal winning the 2016 Olympic Decathlon.  And Kevin Mayer used his final events to finish with the Silver Medal, leaving the Bronze Medal for Canadian Damian Warner.

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Rio Olympics: A Man on Fire

Frenchman Kevin Mayer was like a man on fire in the closing events of the Men's Olympic Decathlon.  He had posted the longest throws in both the Discus and the Javelin.  The question remained, did he have it in his legs to put over seven seconds into the American Decathlon defending Gold Medalists to steel the top step of the podium in the final competition.  After nine events in less than 37 hours, the athletes would end the Decathlon with a 1,500 meter race.  A cruel finish to a grueling event.

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Rio Olympics: Like a Greek God

That is what I thought as I finished up this painting.  I guess the discus and the relationship to the original Olympic games may have influenced me just a bit.  The Frenchman, Kevin Mayer was on fire on the second day of the Decathlon.  He had the longest throw of all of the Decathlon competitors, a throw that moved him back into third overall.  The Frenchman had just the Javelin and the 1,500 meter race to complete the ten events that give the Decathlon its name.

This is a small watercolors and ink painting measuring just 4"x6" and was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.richesonart.com.  This painting and all of my Olympics artwork will be available through my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  To purchase this particular painting just follow the direct link at the end of this post.  Remember this is an original work of art, so once it has been sold, it is gone.  Don't delay buy it now!

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Rio Olympics: The Final Hurdle

Damian Warner (Canada) cleared the final hurdle of the Decathlon 110 Meter Hurdles with Ashton Eaton (USA) close behind.  Warner and the others had to be happy to clear the final hurdle of the race, but they still had three more events to contest on their way to the unofficial title of the World's Greatest Athlete.  Warner's win here brought him just that much closer to the lead of Eaton.

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Rio Olympics: Room to Spare

The defending World Champion Ashton Eaton (USA) easily cleared the high bar in his thrid Decathlon event of the day.  However this is the other American, Jeremy Taiwo, sailing over the bar.  This jump moved Taiwo into the third overall position after three events.  Eaton remains in first place.

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Rio Olympics: Using Momentum

Kai Kazmirek (Germany) used the power of centrifugal force and momentum to launch his shot put across the infield of the Olympic stadium.  Kazmirek is one of a huge field of athletes competing in the Men's Decathlon.  The Shot Put is the third of ten events, and the third event of the first day of competition.  Kazmirek went on to finish fourth after the first day of events.

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Rio Olympics: Airborne

Ashton Eaton (USA) took over the lead of the Men's Decathlon after this perfectly executed Long Jump.  Eaton is hoping to at least match his wife's Bronze Medal finish in the women's version of the Decathlon, the Women's Heptathlon. His wife is Canadian Brianne Theisen-Eaton.

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Rio Olympics: Starting Their Campaign

The men's decathlon got underway today with and early morning 100 meter dash.  With so many competitors the race was run in several heats.  It seems that the favorites were clumped into the final heat, which was won by the Algerian Larbi Bourrada.  His placing earned him fifth place after the first event followed by the Brazilian Luis Alberto De Araujo who also followed him across the line. In the near lane is Kevin Mayer (France) and the far lane taking fourth is the Dutchman, Eelco Sintnicolaas.  So that makes one event down, just nine more to go.

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