EPICANTHUS

Hawaii-born Japanese American First Asian to Win Olympic Decathlon

Managing his energy on a second day of competition, Asian American Bryan Clay of Glendora Azusa, Calif. cruised to a wire-to-wire victory in the grueling Olympic decathlon but his 8791 total points fell short of world record mark he was chasing. Andrei Krauchanka of Belarus was 2nd with 8,551, and Cuba’s Leonel Suarez came in third, with 8,527, a Cuban national record. (Full results)

• Bryan Clay Official Site (Q&A, blog, photos, videos), bryanclay.com
• Clay achin’ but brings home gold, NBCOlympics.com
• American Bryan Clay Wins Olympic Decathlon, Yahoo! Sports
• In an Age of Hybrids Decathlete Bryan Clay Is the Ultimate All-American Boy, epicanthus.net
• WikipediA Decathlon History/”The Iron Man of Asia” C.K. Yang Page