Oregon's Ashton Eaton has broken Dan O'Brien's 17-year-old world record in the indoor heptathlon.
Eaton set a mark of 6,499 points Saturday at the NCAA indoor track and field championships, passing O'Brien's record of 6,476.
Eaton finished the final event of the heptathlon, the 1,000 meters, in 2 minutes, 32.67 seconds, nearly two seconds faster than he needed for the world mark.
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