Athletics-Mayer closing in on LePage in battle for decathlon gold

By Mitch Phillips

EUGENE, Ore. (Reuters) - Canada's Pierce LePage produced two more personal bests on Sunday to move into pole position in the World Championship decathlon, but world record holder Kevin Mayer of France looks poised to overhaul him with two events remaining.

Olympic champion and hot favourite Damian Warner had been leading after four events on Saturday but pulled up with a hamstring injury in the 400 metres and had to withdraw.

In his absence, fellow Canadian LePage ran a personal best to stay close to overnight leader Ayden Owens-Delerme and then continued his hot form on Sunday.

LePage, who finished fifth in both 2019 worlds and Tokyo Olympics, started with a huge PB of 13.78 seconds in the 110 hurdles.

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