Damian Warner's win capped off a three-medal day for Canada, one that included a silver for canoe sprinter Laurence Vincent-Lapointe and a surprise bronze from first-time Olympian Lauriane Genest in the women's keirin track cycling event.
TOKYO -- Seemingly poised for victory from the very beginning of the decathlon, Canadian Damian Warner cruised to a record-setting gold-medal victory -- one of three medals for Canada at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday.
Warner became the fourth man in history to top the 9,000-point mark. The previous Olympic record was 8,893 points, shared between Ashton Eaton of the United States and Roman Sebrle of the Czech Republic . The 29-year-old said she had a simple mantra going into the final: ``No matter what happens, don't give up. If people catch up to me, don't give up,'' she said.
The International Canoe Federation cleared her to compete in January 2020, accepting that Vincent-Lapointe was the victim of third-party contamination of the banned substance ligandrol. The 23-year old from Levis, Que. crossed the line .148 seconds behind winner Shanne Braspennincx of the Netherlands and .061 back of silver medallist Ellesse Andrews of New Zealand. Genest's teammate Kelsey Mitchell was fifth.
Midday temperatures in the mid-30s were expected again Friday with the humidex making it feel more like the low 40s. He hit several milestones over the last two days, including setting an Olympic decathlon record in the long jump and tying his own decathlon best mark in the 100 metres on Day 1.
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