TORONTO – Canada’s Damian Warner shattered one of track and field’s oldest records Thursday.
The 25-year-old from London, Ont., won the decathlon at the Pan American Games, in the process breaking Michael Smith’s 19-year-old Canadian record.
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Warner scored 8,659 points. Smith’s mark was 8,626.
Warner needed to run four minutes 29 seconds in the decathlon’s final event, the 1,500 metres, to break the record, and ran 4:24.73.
Warner took a healthy lead into the 1,500 – No. 10 of 10 events held over the two-day decathlon, recording personal bests in the 100 metres, long jump and discus.
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