Camryn Newton-Smith Claims Decathlon Title in Historic Ohio Performance

The competition, held August 8–9 at Oberlin College in Ohio, saw France's Noémie Desailly take silver with 7,805 points and the Netherlands' Nikki Boon earn bronze with 7,714 points. While the decathlon remains an all-male discipline at the international level, this athlete-led event serves as a platform for gender equity in track and field.

Event founder Lauren Kuntz, who established the non-profit World's Greatest Athlete, Inc. in 2023, emphasized that the movement is focused on securing a spot for the women's decathlon in the 2032 Olympic Games. For Newton-Smith, the victory represents a challenge to the status quo, signaling that female athletes are ready to compete across all ten traditional events without waiting for official sanctioning.