Canadians win judo gold medals; Warner, Brown look for golden moments in track at Commonwealth Games
Frustrated Warner drops out of top spot
After the pole vault competition where Damian Warner fell to second place overall in the decathlon standings, the Olympic and world indoor champion tells CBC Sports’ Devin Heroux that he will “keep fighting until the end.”
Track and field action continued at the Commonwealth Games on Friday where Canadian Damian Warner will have two final events to try and retake the lead in the decathlon. The London, Ont., native began Day 2 of competition with a 39-point lead and was fastest among all competitors in the first event of the day, finishing the 110m hurdles in 14.04 seconds.
But a ninth-overall finish in the discus (37.61m), and a top clearance of 4.40m in the pole vault left Warner (6,669) 35 points behind leader Linden Victor of Grenada (6,704) before the evening session’s final two events: the javelin and 1,500m. Speaking with CBC Sports reporter Devin Heroux after the pole vault, Warner said he was frustrated and tired but that he wasn’t going to quit.
“Mentally, I’m quite frustrated, this whole morning has not been like me. And physically my body just feels a little bit tired. Near the end of yesterday, the cramping and stuff has kind of made me feel a little bit flat today,” Warner said. “But you just gotta keep fighting [until] the end, and you never know what happens.”
Warner, the 2020 Olympic decathlon champion, won a Commonwealth Games gold in 2014 in Glasgow.
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