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/hɛpˈtæθlɒn/ · noun
(athletics) An athletic contest comprising seven events; contested mostly by women, for whom this is an Olympic sport..
[Carolina Kluft] has won her last 19 heptathlons. Only the legendary Jackie Joyner-Kersee has scored higher.
For now, Gray and her peers are able to compete for Olympic berths only in the seven-event heptathlon, while the decathlon is restricted to men.
Use heptathlon when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Heptathlon means (athletics) An athletic contest comprising seven events; contested mostly by women, for whom this is an Olympic sport..
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[Carolina Kluft] has won her last 19 heptathlons. Only the legendary Jackie Joyner-Kersee has scored higher.
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