TOKYO (Reuters)

Damian Warner of Canada led from start to finish to win the men’s decathlon gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday (August 5) with a new Games record score of 9,018 points.

Warner arrived in Tokyo as the leading decathlete in the world in 2021 after scoring 8,995 points at a meet in May – the fifth-highest total in history.

The 31-year-old kicked off his campaign by tying his own world record in the 100m and bettering the Games mark in the long jump on Wednesday.

On Thursday he set a Games record 13.46 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles, threw the javelin 63.44 metres – close to his personal best of 64.67 – and ran the 1,500m in 4:31:08 to become only the fourth man to score 9,000 points, after Kevin Mayer, Ashton Eaton and Roman Sebrle.

Frenchman Mayer took his second successive Games silver with 8,726 points and 21-year-old Australian Ash Moloney won bronze with 8,649.