Canadian decathlete Warner wins, Thiam breaks 7,000-point mark at Hypo Meeting
GOETZIS, Austria — Canadian decathlete Damian Warner won the Hypo Meeting for a third time Sunday.
Warner, from London, Ont., earned 8,591 points over the 10 events, 52 more than second-place finisher Eelco Sintnicolaas of the Netherlands. Germany’s Rico Freimuth was third with 8,365 points.
Leading after Saturday’s events, Warner added to his cushion by finishing first in the 110-metre hurdles with a time of 13.54 seconds.
The 2016 Olympic bronze medallist was then able to hold off a late charge by Sintnicolaas by finishing eighth in the discus, 16th in the pole vault, 14th in the javelin and seventh in the 1,500 metres.