In 1991, the Talence meeting became « Decastar, the stadium gods »

In 1998, It was registered to the IAAF Combined Event World Challenge, and became the last step. It’s after Talence that final ranking is made, which reward the 8 world’s best heptathlete and decathlete of the season.

In more than 40 years, all of the world’s best known athletes wrote the most beautiful stories of the history of the meeting.

With some of the best performances, revenge of the Olympic games or world championships, some record were beaten. For several athletes the decastar became the place to be and according to some, remains their favorite event thanks to the great atmosphere from the audience.

Over the years, the Decastar became a beautiful human history. Sponspors, medias, public, volunteers, all come together after the summer holidays, to cheer for the athletes who came to end their busy season.