US Olympic star Ashton Eaton runs a celebratory lap with his countrys flag after winning the mens decathlon at the Olympic Stadium in London on Thursday.

Ashton Eaton produced a totally dominant performance over two gruelling days to claim the Olympic decathlon gold medal on Thursday.
The world record holder amassed a total of 8,869 points in his 10-discipline eventand finish a total of  198 pts ahead of his teammate and world champion Trey Hardee (8,671), with Cubas Leonel Suarez claiming bronze (8,523).
Eatons total was the second best in Olympic history behind the 8,893pts notched up by Roman Sebrle in 2004. The Czech veteran was an early casualty here, dropping out after the very first event through injury.
The Oregon-based Eaton built his lead on Wednesdays first day of action, setting lead scores in the 100m (10.35sec), long jump (8.03m) and 400m (46.90sec), with a second-ranked high jump performance (2.05m) making up for a rather poorer 14.66m in the shot put.
The 24-year-old had bagged a total of 7,381 pts after the first three events of the second days action at the packed Olympic Stadium.
He was beaten by two-hundredths of a second to the leading time in the 110m hurdles by Hardee, who clocked a very respectable 13.54sec.
Hardee maintained the pressure with a best of 48.26m in the discus, which netted him 834pts. Eaton, however, could manage only 42.53m for 716pts.
In the pole vault, Eaton cleared 5.20 metres, with Hardee going over at 4.80m, leaving Eaton with a decisive 222-point lead with just the javelin and 1,500m remaining in the evening session.
Germanys Rico Freimuth stood in third place after eight events, with a total of 6,927 points.
The javelin saw Eaton manage a best of 61.96m, Hardee clawing back 71pts.
But Eaton ran a safe 4:33.59 in the final event, the 400m, preferring to make sure of a steady finish than go for the Olympic record.