Canada’s Damian Warner fifth in decathlon at the world championships
LONDON — Damian Warner’s dreams of a world decathlon title may have been dashed by a unsparing stomach bug before he even stepped onto the London Stadium track for his first event.
And in the moments after his heartbreaking fifth-place finish at the world track and field championships — 10 events over two disappointing days later — the 27-year-old from London, Ont., lamented the week that got away.
“It’s really frustrating because next year there’s no world championships,” Warner said. “These are the guys that I want to compete against. These are the guys that I want to beat. I’m not going to see those guys at a world championships until two years from now.”
Those guys are Kevin Mayer of France, the world champion with 8,768 points, Germany’s Rico Freimuth who claimed silver with 8,564, and Kai Kazmirek of Germany, who took bronze with 8,488.