TOKYO : Canada's Damian Warner extended his lead on the final day of men's decathlon on Thursday at the Tokyo Olympics after setting a new Games record in the 110 metres hurdles.A day after tying his own world record in the 100m and bettering the Games mark in long jump, the 31-year-old got off to another
TOKYO : Canada's Damian Warner extended his lead on the final day of men's decathlon on Thursday at the Tokyo Olympics after setting a new Games record in the 110 metres hurdles.
He ran the 110 metres hurdles in 13.46, taking one-hundreth of a second from the previous record set by German Frank Busemann in the Atlanta Games in 1996. The Canadian came into the final day with a lead of 81 points over Australian Ash Moloney but extended his advantage to 221, accumulating 7,490 points with two events remaining.
Warner arrived in Tokyo as the leading decathlete in the world in 2021 after scoring 8,995 points at a meet in May - the fifth best in history with France's decathlon world record holder Kevin Mayer's 9,126 from 2018 topping the all-time list.
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