RIO DE JANEIRO -- Ashton Eaton won his second straight Olympic decathlon gold medal on Thursday after finishing third in the last event -- the 1,500 meters. He becomes just the third athlete to win ...

Four years ago at this time, Ashton Eaton already had secured his spot on Team USA in record-breaking fashion in the 2012 Olympic Trials. In the ensuing weeks in London, the world watched him ...

United States' gold medal winner Ashton Eaton, left, and his silver medalist teammate Trey Hardee, right, pose with their national flag after the men's decathlon during the athletics in the Olympic ...

Oregon's Ashton Eaton won the decathlon competition in the Division I NCAA Track & Field Championships Thursday at Drake Stadium. Eaton not only won, he finished with 8,055 points in just his sixth ...

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Decathlete Trey Hardee will have a front-row seat even if he may not be able to compete. The 2012 Olympic silver medalist aggravated a left hamstring injury on Day 1 of the event ...

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Ashton Eaton likes to compare decathlons to life — the ups and downs, the good and bad, the setbacks and comebacks. Over two dreary days that finally closed with a bright ray of ...