Things turned to be good ahead of the pole vault, "as I started to feel better." A new personal best of five meters in the pole vault was followed by a new longest of 79.05 meters in the javelin.

The 2016 Olympic bronze medal winner Damian Warner praised Kaul's variability. "Do you know someone getting near 80 meters with the javelin and running 1,500m in 4:15? I only know one," the Canadian said.

Kaul called himself "not the best" of all decathlon athletes, "but maybe the most constant one" counting on a strong second day.

As local media called the 1.90m-tall athlete the new face of German athletics, former decathlon champion Ashton Eaton of the United States is convinced that Kaul can shape an era as he is also known for his fair-play and down-to-earth attitude and communicability.

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