Damian Warner, the Olympic champion decathlete, has recovered from the hamstring strain he suffered at the world championships and says he’s feeling healthier than ever.
In an interview with CBC Sports during a training session, Warner said he’s always come back stronger from setbacks in the past.
Warner doesn’t want to spend too much time looking back at what his coach Gar Leyshon called a “catastrophic” situation that unfolded at the world championships, where he was poised to win his first gold but suffered a hamstring injury.
Since recovering, the 33-year-old athlete from London, Ontario has been more motivated than ever to get back to peak form.
Warner is eyeing more successes in his future, including repeating his gold medal win at the Olympics in Paris and breaking the world record holder in the decathlon.
Warner and his team are still trying to answer some of their lingering questions about why he suffered the hamstring strain while running the 400m at worlds.
Warner believes it was a series of things that led to his injury and now he’s trying to safe-proof his body so it doesn’t happen again. The decathlon is somewhat of a nightmare, with a lot of things that can go wrong.
However, Warner sees the beauty in what could happen if all 10 events go exactly as planned. Warner and his coaches will head to a couple of competitions in Louisiana next month for some final preparations ahead of the annual Hypo Meeting in Götzis, Austria, in May.
Last May, Warner claimed a sixth-consecutive decathlon Hypo Meeting title, extending his record-total to seven. This will lead Warner back to worlds set for Budapest, Hungary in the fall.
This will be Warner’s seventh trip to worlds, and he has never won gold. At this point in his career, winning a gold medal must be his goal, which should be the goal for everybody.
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