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Photo by Aleksandra SzmigielWarner oozes positivity, and the nicest thing he could come up with in his golden moment was that the makeshift facility was “serviceable.” As he put it, “It almost felt like your dreams were walking away from you, and you couldn’t do anything about it.”
Kevin Mayer of France ultimately scored silver with 8,726 points, while Australia’s Ashley Moloney earned bronze with 8,649. There had been hopes of a decathlon double for Team Canada but Pierce LePage wound up fifth, still mighty impressive for an Olympic rookie with a torn patellar tendon in his right knee.Photo by Richard HeathcoteWarner, it’s worth noting, was fifth at London 2012, his first trip to the Summer Games. He earned bronze in Rio in 2016.
“This is the hottest Olympics of all-time, and these last two days were crazy to manage,” Warner said. “I mean, when we were out there in pole vault, every single time I would pick up the pole, it was burning. I’d have to go on the ground to move my mark and I’d burn my knee.
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