FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics - Athletics - Final - Men's Decathlon 1500m - Olympic Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 18/08/2016. Ashton Eaton (USA) of USA celebrates winning the gold medal. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/ Action Images
TOKYO (Reuters) - Two-time Olympic decathlon gold medallist Ashton Eaton has turned to science and engineering for his post-athletic career but the American former world record holder told Reuters he has found a way to straddle both worlds.
Eaton, who retired from athletics in 2017, is studying for a second degree in mechanical engineering and is also part of a project at U.S. tech firm Intel aimed at helping athletes squeeze every last bit of performance out of their bodies.
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