Damian Warner claimed the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics decathlon on Thursday.
Damian Warner throws a season-best 63.44 metres in the decathlon javelin throw, earning 790 more points. That gives him a total score of 8280 points, heading into the decathlon finale: the 1,500 metres.#ExperienceGreatness #Athletics #TeamCanada pic.twitter.com/XcEck8PxcW
— Athletics Canada (@AthleticsCanada) August 5, 2021
The 31-year-old Warner entered the final event in first place with 8,280 points.
A London, Ont., native, Warner was a bronze medallist in the Rio 2016 Olympics. This is Canada’s second athletics gold in Tokyo, following Andre De Grasse’s 200-metre win on Wednesday.
