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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
decathlon /dɪˈkaθlɒn, -lən/

▶noun an athletic event in which each competitor takes part in the same ten events.

– derivatives
decathlete noun.

– origin early 20th cent.: from deca- + Gk athlon ‘contest’.

'decathlon' also found in these Oxford entries:

heptathlon - triathlon

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