2-time Olympic decathlon champion Ashton Eaton retiring

  05 January 2017    Read: 1557
2-time Olympic decathlon champion Ashton Eaton retiring
Two-time Olympic decathlon gold medalist Ashton Eaton and heptathlete Brianne Theisen-Eaton have announced their retirements in side-by-side essays on their website.
Considered the first family of multi-events, Ashton and Brianne met at the University of Oregon as teenagers and married in July 2013. Their coach, Harry Marra, officiated the wedding.

The 28-year-old Eaton hinted he might be moving on to other things soon after defending his title at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in August. He`s the world record holder in the event.

The 28-year-old Theisen-Eaton, who represents Canada, won the bronze medal in Rio.

Eaton said Wednesday in his essay: "Frankly there isn`t much more I want to do in (the) sport."

Theisen-Eaton said she was mentally exhausted after last season and "felt more and more resistant to begin training."

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