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Bryan Clay remains top in Decathlon Long Jump 2008-08-21 07:11:24 GMT 2008-08-21 15:11:24 (Beijing Time) BOCOG
(BEIJING, August 21) -- Bryan Clay of the United States is still standing top in the Decathlon's Long Jump �C the second of the Decathlon's ten disciplines. The Athens 2004 silver medalist scored 1005 points after jumping 7.78m. He has attained a total of 1994 points for the first two disciplines. The second-best jump came from Clay's teammate Trey Hardee with a jump of 7.72m to score 990 points. So far he has accumulated 1960 points. Oleksiy Kasyanov of Ukraine jumped in third place at 7.56m to bring his total to 1918 points. Decathlon world record holder and Athens 2004 gold medalist, Roman Sebrle of the Czech Republic moved up to the seventh place at 1794 after scoring 980 points with a jump of 7.68m. Sebrle set the world record seven years ago with a final score of 9026. 2007 World Championship silver medalist, Maurice Smith of Jamaica scored 894 points with a time of 10.85 seconds |