Warner’s golden moment

Relay teams punch their ticket to the final

 

Damian Warner could not be beaten and he would not be denied his gold medal moment.

Competing in Tokyo’s famous heat and humidity over two days, the decathlon is one of the toughest events on the Olympic program and the most grueling.

It was under these conditions that Warner led from start to finish, setting a new Olympic record, a new Canadian record, and a personal best score of 9,018 points. He also joined the ultra-exclusive 9,000-point club – a club in which he is just the fourth member.

What a way to win your first Olympic championship.

“It’s really special. It’s one of those things that, when you’re younger you set little dreams and goals. I just remember watching athletes like Donovan Bailey and Catriona Le May Doan celebrating and winning gold medals. I was sitting there on the couch with my mom saying, ‘I want to do that one day,’ and it’s really cool to come out here to live that dream,” said Warner.

“It’s the experience of my life. I couldn’t be more grateful, and I can’t wait to share this moment with all the people back home.”

Pierce LePage showed his mettle over the 10 events, finishing in fifth place, with a personal best total score of 8,604 points. “No events went totally wrong. Usually, when that happens in a decathlon, you’re doing well,” said LePage. “There’s nothing like the Olympic atmosphere. Being able to take it in is definitely motivating. It gives you a lot to take back to future competitions and I’m excited to do it at Worlds and at Paris 2024.”

 

Decathlon – Day 2 results

Damian Warner set another Olympic decathlon best in the first event of the day, the 110-metre hurdles, clocking in with a time of 13.46 seconds and earning 1,045 points.

Warner then put another 843 points in the bank after a top throw of 48.67 metres in the decathlon discus throw.

He banked 880 points in the decathlon pole vault after a personal best vault of 4.90 metres and then started the evening session throwing a season’s best 63.44 metres in the decathlon javelin throw, earning 790 more points.

That gave him a total score of 8,280 points, heading into the decathlon finale: the 1,500 metres.

From there, his destiny awaited. Warner ran the 1,500 metres in a time of 4:31.08 to earn his last 738 points and climb over the 9,000-point threshold and into history.

Pierce LePage banked 925 points for his time of 14.39 seconds in the hurdles. He was fifth in his heat.

LePage’s top throw of 47.14 metres in the decathlon discus throw earned him another 811 points.

In the final event of the morning session, LePage cleared 5.00 metres in the decathlon pole vault, good for 910 points to bring his total to 7,175 points.

He came back for the evening session and threw a season’s best 57.24 metres in the decathlon javelin throw, good for 696 points.

In the event finale, LePage ran a personal best time of 4:31.85, following Warner over the finish line and into his fifth-place position.

 

Heptathlon – Day 2 results

Ellenwood finished the women’s heptathlon in 20th position with a total score of 6,077 points in her Olympic debut.

She banked 807 more points in the heptathlon long jump event. Her longest jump measured 5.86 metres and was good for eighth in her group.

Ellenwood later banked 746 more points, with a heptathlon javelin throw of 44.11 metres before ending her first Olympic heptathlon in style, finishing the 800 metres in a time of 2:19.21 and earning 834 points for the event.

 

Relay teams move on to the final

The Canadian men’s 4×100-metre relay team of Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney and Andre De Grasse finished second in their heat, in a season’s best time of 37.92 seconds, highlighted by the newly-minted Olympic champion De Grasse’s swift final leg to qualify for the final.

“It was good. We got it to the final safely and clean. There’s definitely stuff we can work on and be more aggressive for the final, and get a lot faster,” said Brown.

“For me, this is a learning curve. Especially running with these guys, it’s a cool experience coming out here to the Olympic Games – my first one. All I wanted to do was run a good leg. That was the most important thing, to pass that baton around the track and then focus on the finals,” said Blake.

“We always try to play it a little conservative in the first round, stick around and then execute the best we can. We’re just out here doing our best and showing Canada that we are champions,” said Rodney.

“I only got about two or three hours of sleep, but I knew we had to come out here and make sure we qualified, to have a chance to get on the podium again. We gave it our best shot and we feel pretty good about our chances,” said De Grasse.

In the evening session, it went right down to the wire in the women’s 4×400-metre relay. The Canadian team of Alicia Brown, Sage Watson, Maddy Price and Kyra Constantine finished fifth in their heat with a season’s best time of 3:24.05 to qualify for the final.

“The goal was to get top-three and I knew we fought for it. It was exciting that we fought for it and that was what allowed us to get into that final qualifying spot. We’re Olympic finallists and that’s so exciting that, once again, the 4×400-metre relay is a finalist at the Worlds and Olympics,” said Watson.

“Sage gave it to me in a great position. We were right there with Great Britain. I just tried to tuck in on her outside and get it to Kyra in the best position I could. Our cheer before we came in here was just, ‘Fight’ and I think that’s what we’re trying to do here,” said Price.

“What I tried to do in my leg was just run my own race – not pay too much attention to the girls around me, but just feel my body and do my best. I did my best to bring the baton in as fast as I could and let the girls carry that momentum forward,” said Brown.

 

Pole Vault – Day 2 results

After an amazing qualifying round, Anicka Newell did not register a mark in the women’s pole vault final.

“Very disappointing, obviously. It was not the result that I wanted and I’m really not entirely sure what happened. I went in very confident, feeling very prepared – both mentally and physically. It happened so quickly, and it’s just one of those moments where it’s one of those lessons and I will take it for what it is, move on from here and grow, and be ready to come back better than ever,” said Newell.

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