Canada’s Damian Warner captures Pan American gold in decathlon, sets record
TORONTO – Canada’s Damian Warner shattered one of track and field’s oldest records Thursday.
The 25-year-old from London, Ont., won the decathlon at the Pan American Games, in the process breaking Michael Smith’s 19-year-old Canadian record.
Warner scored 8,659 points. Smith’s mark was 8,626.
Warner needed to run four minutes 29 seconds in the decathlon’s final event, the 1,500 metres, to break the record, and ran 4:24.73.
Warner took a healthy lead into the 1,500 — No. 10 of 10 events held over the two-day decathlon, recording personal bests in the 100 metres, long jump and discus.
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