FAYETTEVILLE,Ark. -- Ashton Eaton obliterated Dan O'Brien's 17-year-old world record in the indoor heptathlon by scoring 6,499 points here in the Randal Tyson Indoor Complex.



O'Brien's record mark had been 6,476.



To do it, Eaton had to run a PR in the 1,000 meters. And he came through, with time of 2:32.67, shattering his personal record of 2:38.02.

