The Olympic champion is now a World Indoor champion. Damian Warner has upgraded his 2018 indoor silver to gold on the 2022 World Indoor Championships to win Canada’s first medal in Belgrade. Warner trailed Simon Ehammer of Switzerland going into the ultimate occasion, the 1,000m.
Warner has received his redemption, lacking out on the gold by 5 factors 4 years in the past in Birmingham, U.K.
He led the heptathlon on day one after which carried his lead into the sixth occasion, the pole vault. His vault tied his indoor private greatest nevertheless it was Ehammer, who had a private greatest efficiency, gaining floor on Warner.
To place Warner’s record-setting indoor efficiency in perspective:
60 metres: 6.68 (PB)
Lengthy bounce: 8.05 (nationwide file)
Shot-put: 14.89 (1cm off his SB)
Excessive bounce: 1.99 (SB)
60m hurdles: 7.61 (PB)
Pole vault: 4.90 (=PB)
1,000m: 2:39.56 (SB)— Canadian Operating (@CanadianRunning) March 19, 2022
Heading into the final occasion, Ehammer led Warner by 31 factors. Warner wanted to beat him by 4 seconds to shut the hole and win gold. He ended up working inside two seconds of his 1,000m private greatest (2:39.56) to win his first-world indoor title.
Extra to come back.
