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MANCHESTER, England : Damian Warner is excited about the party atmosphere that undoubtedly awaits him at Paris 2024 three years after he captured Olympic decathlon gold in a Tokyo stadium eerily absent of fans amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
TOKYO : Canada's former Olympic decathlon champion Damian Warner, one of only four men to surpass the 9,000 points mark, withdrew from the world championships event before it started on Saturday after failing to recover from an Achilles injury.
Damian Warner's attempt to win his first world championship title won't be happening in Tokyo.
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Canada will send four defending champions to the World Athletics Championships for the first time in the competition's history.
It was an uncharacteristic Hypo Meeting performance in the decathlon by eight-time defending champion Damian Warner, and unfortunate end to the weekend for Canadian teammate Pierce LePage, who won in 2023.
If the streak of Canadian title wins at the Hypo Meeting decathlon is going to continue, Damian Warner and Pierce LePage have their work cut out for them on Day 2 of the competition.
One of the most anticipated showdowns of this summer's World Athletics Championships will get a dress rehearsal of sorts this weekend.
The last time most sports fans saw Damian Warner, the Canadian decathlete was describing how his worst nightmare had come true at the Paris Olympic Games.