Decathletes are a special group of athletes.
They compete in 10 events over two days, and they must be consistently above average in a few of them to contend for victories. Bryan Clay is one of the world's top decathletes.
Clay is a product of mixed heritage — African-American and Japanese. (He was seeing sporting a temporary tattoo of the Hinomaru last summer at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Osaka). He took home the silver medal from the 2004 Athens Summer Games.
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