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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 29 > On his way to the top

On his way to the top

From tiny La Pine to possibly Beijing, Ashton Eaton is ready for the Olympic Trials decathlon in Eugene — almost. “There’s definitely a lot of work involved,” the UO sophomore says.

By Mark Morical / The Bulletin
June 29, 2008

The 6-year-old boy would take the cleaning ends off the broom and the mop, then place the handles on the floor apart from each other. Then he would jump from one handle to the next, moving them farther and farther apart with each leap to see just how far he could fly.

It was an early start in....

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