We just believe that if I'm healthy and I get the right circumstances that I can be capable of putting up a score that high." It doesn't mean it's going to be easy or you can set a date and say it's going to happen here. "And we believe that we have all the right events to make a challenge at the world record. In Tokyo, Warner became the fourth man in history to crack the 9,000-point barrier. "And along the way, there's been a lot of people who have said, 'I'm not sure if that's going to be a possibility.' Thankfully, Gar and I were right on that standpoint."
"A long time ago, we believed that we could be a decathlete that scores over 9000 points," Warner told Reuters. It might take a "perfect decathlon" to get it. MANCHESTER, England, May 25 (Reuters) - Damian Warner has been on a relentless quest to be the best decathlete in history for more than a decade and his Olympic gold medal in Tokyo was just one goal ticked off along the way.Īfter a heartbreaking hamstring injury knocked him out of the world championships last July, the 33-year-old Canadian - who this weekend will look to extend his record of victories at Hypo-Meeting in Gotzis, Austria to seven - and coach Gar Leyshon believe the world record is well within reach.
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