Dmitriy Karpov of Kazakhstan, the Athens Olympic bronze medalist, is slow and steady in his progress. Starting with a silver medal in 2002 Asiad at Busan, Karpov went on to win two Gold medals in the next two editions of the Asian Games in Doha and Guangzhou. His performance in 2004 Olympic Games at Athens (8725 points) is still remaining as the continental record for decathlon. Incidentally the top-10 average of his performances (8478) is looking taller than the best marks of Keisuke Ushiro (8308) and Akihiko Nakamura (8035) set in 2014 and that speaks volumes about his caliber.
