Canadians LePage, Warner sit 1st, 3rd in decathlon at worlds with 2 events to go

Canada's Pierce LePage leads the men's decathlon with just two events remaining at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.

Fellow Canadian Damian Warner is in third spot with the javelin and 1,500-metre events still to come on Saturday.

LePage, who won silver at last year's worlds, set a personal best time of 13.77 seconds in the 110-metre hurdles and posted a distance of 50.98 in the discus, finishing second overall in both events.

The 27-year-old from Whitby, Ont., registered a clear of 5.20m in the pole vault – matching a season's best – to keep the overall lead with 7,477 points.

Warner, the 33-year-old from London, Ont, was the only competitor faster than LePage in the hurdles, posting a time of 13.67 before a seventh-place finish in discus (45.82). The reigning Olympic champion's 4.90m pole vault mark has him 217 points behind his teammate in the overall standings.

Germany's Leo Neugebauer is in second place, 195 points behind LePage, and just 22 points up on Warner.

Warner was leading the decathlon through five events at the 2022 world championships before pulling up with a hamstring injury while running in the inside lane of the 400 metres.

Action from Budapest resumes at 12:55 p.m. ET with LePage and Warner still to compete in the javelin and 1,500m events.

Sarah Mitton, of Brooklyn, N.S., advanced to the women's shot put final on Saturday with a throw of 19.37m in the qualifier.

The Canadian only needed the one attempt to reach the qualifying mark, and managed the third-best result, behind the Netherlands Jessica Schilder (19.64) and American Maggie Ewen (19.43).

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