Worldchampion Kevin Mayer set a new world record in the decathlon with 9,126 pointsat the Decastar meet on 
TheFrenchman threw a personal best of 71.90 metres in the javelin in thepenultimate event to leave him with the relatively simple task of needing tofinish inside 4 minutes 49 seconds in the 1500 metres to beat the previousrecord.
The26-year-old finished it in just outside four minutes 36 seconds, to become justthe third decathlete to surpass the mythical 9,000-point barrier. He joineddouble Olympic champion Eaton and Czech icon Roman Sebrle.