Ashton Eaton is upbeat he will have shaken off any post-Olympic cobwebs when he steps into the starting blocks of the World Championship decathlon on Saturday. The multi-event discipline stars open the nine-day championships with 100 meters sprints at Luzhniki stadium to crown what many still say crown the “King of athletes”. Eaton raised the world record to 9 039 points last year and then also won Olympic gold in London for his first major international title. The 25-year-old seeks more glory on the weekend, but also readily admits that he had trouble motivating himself for training after the spectacular 2012 season. In addition, he got married to Canadian heptathlete Brianne Theisen Eaton last month, with the newly-weds strolling through a Moscow hotel in the final countdown to the worlds where Theisen Eaton will be competing on Monday and Tuesday. “Off the track I got married, so I’m very excited about that. On the track, I had a lot of PBs earlier this year, so training was going awesome. Then I had a slight injury but we resolved that, so now I feel good. My preparation feels good,” Eaton said. more
