
Canada’s Damian Warner captures bronze in decathlon at Rio Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO — Canada’s Damian Warner captured bronze in the decathlon on Thursday at the Rio Olympics.
The London, Ont., native finished the 10-discipline competition with 8,666 points. He matches Dave Steen from the 1988 Seoul Games for the best-ever Canadian finish in decathlon.
Defending champion Ashton Eaton of the U.S. won gold with 8,893 points while France’s Kevin Mayer took silver with 8,834 points.
Warner finished the final event — the 1,500 metres — in fourth place in a time of four minutes 24.90 seconds.