Damian Warner scores big NR and World Leader with 8,995 in decathlon!

Damian Warner is one of the finest decathletes in the world. His Olympic bronze in 2016 Rio and his 3 World Championship medals, silver in 2015 Beijing, plus bronzes in 2013 Moscow and 2019 Doha merely suggest at how good the Canadian decathlete is.

This guy has physical talent, a strong work ethic, and the desire to be the best. His time is coming!

Damian Warner, photo by Olympics Canada

Warner big NR and WL 8995

GOTZIS (AUT, May 30): Damian Warner moved to fifth-best performance (and fourth performer) on the all-time list for the decathlon, added 200 points to his Canadian record with 8995 at the famous Hypomeeting (WA CE Challenge). After his world-best day-one score yesterday, including world decathlon long jump best, he added another world best with 13.36 in the 110m hurdles, beating his own mark. He had a 48.43m discus and a 4.80m pole vault. He may have hoped for more than 59.46m to break the 9000-point barrier, although he finished on another high with 4:25.19 in the 1500m to secure his record sixth Hypomeeting win. Pierce Lepage was second with 8534 and Thomas van der Plaetsen third with 8431 – both PBS. Behind another PB for Vitally Zhuk (8331), world champion Niklas Kaul was fifth with 8263.

Damian Warner broke two Canadian records over the weekend in capturing the decathlon title at the Gotzis Hypo-meeting in Austria.https://t.co/IgdIr15T3q

— 980 CFPL London News (@AM980News) May 30, 2021

After Hungary’s Xenia Krizsan set a world lead and national record of 6651 to take the heptathlon tight after overnight leader Annie Kunz crashed out with three fouls in the long jump. The European indoor pentathlon bronze medallist started off day two with 6.41m in the long jump, adding 15cm to her PB. She threw 52.02m in the javelin but, with 54.77m, Anouk Vetter took the lead. With the best 800m of 2:11.51, she ended up with a 115-point win over runner-up Vetter. Kendall Williams was third with 6383. In fifth to seventh, there were personal bests for Vanessa Grimm (6316), Adrianna Sulek (6315), and Emma Oosterwegel (6308).

âœ… World lead
âœ… National record
âœ… First Hungarian winner in Gotzis

Xenia Krizsan ðŸ‡ðŸ‡º scored 6651 points for victory in the heptathlon at the Gotzis Hypo-Meeting. ðŸ†

— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) May 31, 2021

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