Canada’s Damian Warner storms out blocks on Day 2 of decathlon with record in hurdles
Damian Warner, of Canada reacts after winning a heat of the decathlon men's 110-meter hurdles at the 2020 Summer Olympics on Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.Canada’s Damian Warner got off to a strong Day 2 start in his quest for anThe 31-year-old from London, Ont., ran an Olympic decathlon record of 13.46 seconds in the 110-metre hurdles in the day’s first event.
He waved and said hi to partner Jen Cotten, their son Theo and his mom after he crossed the finish line.Warner had 5,767 points after six of 10 events, Australian Ashely Moloney was second with 5,605, while Canadian Pierce LePage held onto third with 5,454. Kevin Mayer of France was second in the morning hurdles event in 13.90, while LePage, who’d hinted the previous evening that he was dealing with an injury, was seventh in 14.39.
Warner set an Olympic decathlon record in the long jump, and tied his own decathlon best mark in the 100 metres on Day 1.Warner is the reigning Olympic bronze medallist and is also a world silver medallist, and he said watching Canada’s Andre De Grasse win gold in the 200 metres on Wednesday night was inspiring. Like Warner, De Grasse had won numerous silver and bronze on the world stage before earning his gold.
Warner is coming off an extraordinary winter that saw him train in an empty, unheated hockey arena that his coaches converted to a multi-events facility after COVID-19 shut down the University of Western Ontario fieldhouse. He and his coaches built a long jump pit, brought in a pole jump pit, built a throwing circle and laid down a 40-metre section of track.and follow all of the news, features and opinion in the Summer Games in Tokyo.
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