Canada’s LePage, Warner claim gold, silver in decathlon at world championships

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Canada’s Pierce LePage and Damian Warner claimed gold and silver, respectively, in the men’s decathlon at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.

LePage of Whitby, Ont., finished with a personal-best and world-leading 8909 points to win his first world title, upgrading on his silver from last year’s worlds. His previous personal best was 8701 in that silver-medal effort.

The 27-year-old LePage is also the first Canadian to win the men’s world decathlon title.

Warner of London, Ont., finished with a season-best 8804 points to place ahead of Grenada’s Lindon Victor, who took bronze with a national record of 8756 points.