Werner vaults into lead in decathlon at Olympics

PARIS – Damian Warner of London, Ont., has moved from 4th spot into nan lead successful men’s decathlon aft today’s 110-metre hurdles arena astatine nan Paris Olympics.

Warner completed nan arena successful 13.62 seconds, gaining him 1,024 point, vaulting nan Canadian into gold-medal position aft six events.

The Canadian decathlete scored nan fastest clip successful nan hurdles arena among each competitors, pinch nan closet being Ken Mullings of nan Bahamas, pinch 13.7 seconds.

Warner’s closest competitors for nan wide arena — Germany’s Leo Neugebauer, Puerto Rico’s Ayden Owens-Delerme and Norway’s Sander Skotheim — vanished successful 14.51 seconds, 14.09 seconds and 14.15 seconds respectively.

After nan hurdles, Warner sits astatine 5,585 points, up of Owens-Delerme pinch 5,571 points and Neugebauer astatine 5,560 points.

Neugebauer had held nan apical spot connected nan leaderboard pinch 4,650 points entering today, pinch Owens-Delerme (4,608) and Skotheim (4,588) adjacent behind, each successful beforehand of Warner.

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The 34-year-old Warner group an Olympic grounds of 9,018 points successful Tokyo 3 years agone and is fighting to clasp his golden badge successful Paris.

This study by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 3, 2024.