(BEIJING, August 22) -- Bryan Clay of the United States is far ahead of a clutch of contenders in the Decathlon after the Discus Throw, the seventh of 10 Decathlon disciplines.
Clay, silver medalist at Athens 2004, scored 950 points with a throw of 53.79m in this discipline. He has attained a total of 6455 points so far.
Oleksiy Kasyanov from Ukraine has moved up to the second position after throwing 48.39m for 837 points. So far, he has accumulated 6172 points, holding off Andrei Krauchanka from Belarus with a total of 6139 points. Krauchanka threw 44.58m for 758 points.
Trey Hardee of the United States is now in fourth place after the Discus Throw, with 6114 points. He threw 43.55m for 737 points.
Decathlon world record holder and reigning world and Olympic champion Roman Sebrle of the Czech Republic has moved to eighth position from seventh. He now has 5974 points after scoring 777 points with a throw of 45.50m. Sebrle set the world record seven years ago with a final score of 9026.
The eighth discipline of the Decathlon, Pole Vault, will be held at 12:55 p.m. (UTC/GMT +8) on August 22 at the National Stadium.
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