Olympic champion Damian Warner targeting decathlon world record after 'catastrophic' injury

Olympic champion decathlete Damian Warner has fully recovered from a hamstring strain he suffered this past summer at the world championships and says he's feeling healthier than any other time in his career.

In an interview with CBC Sports during a training session inside Thompson Arena on the University of Western Campus on Thursday, Warner said whenever he's faced setbacks in the past throughout his career he's come back stronger.

"I feel great right now. All my training has been going really well, my body's feeling good, I'm happy, I'm healthy. I feel like I'm in a good place on the track and off. And it's just a matter of coming here every day working and trying to be better," Warner said.

As he took off from the blocks on a scorching evening in Eugene, Ore. in late July, Warner quickly pulled up, grabbing his hamstring and wincing in pain. It immediately ended his world championships.

"The initial reaction is disbelief. And you know, horror. It's like, the only way he could lose this is if something catastrophic happened. And that's what happened," Leyshon said.

The early diagnosis was that Warner would be out for six-to-eight weeks with a hamstring strain. He was back jogging three weeks after the injury.

Since then, the 33-year-old from London, Ont. has been more motivated than ever to get back to peak form for not only worlds this upcoming August but is also eyeing a lot more in his future.

"I want to go back to the Olympics and repeat. I want to go to Paris and bring back another gold medal. But I also want to be the world record holder in the decathlon," Warner proclaimed without hesitation.

"I think that I have what it takes to achieve that. It's certainly not going to be easy. But I believe that if me and my