Damian Warner shattered the Olympic decathlon record and now his coaches expect he’ll do the same to the world record
ANDREW BOYERS/ReutersThe 31-year-old from London, Ont., shattered the Olympic record with 9,018 points as he won the decathlon in Tokyo on Thursday.
He wasn’t able to travel to Tokyo due to pandemic restrictions – only coach Gar Leyshon accompanied Warner – but Neilsen, his fellow coaches and Warner’s family all gathered in London to watch the athlete compete on Wednesday and Thursday. The decathlon sees athletes do 10 track and field events: the 100 metres, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400 metres, hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1,500 metres over two days. The winner is unofficially considered “the world’s greatest athlete.”Warner won bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics and said that left him wanting more.
Dave Collins, Warner’s pole vault coach, said the Olympic medallist’s demeanour and humility have inspired many other athletes.“It’s more about who he is as a person that says so much more than just him being an athlete,” Collins said in an interview. “How he portrays and how he carries himself is what’s inspiring to so many.”
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