damian warner Flashcards
olympics during covid
pre and post testing
satellite facilities where go before allowed into olympic village
short personal training time
made possible by thomas bach and shinzo abe
dennis neilson and gar leyshon
dennis neilson = assistant HS basketball coach, became TF coach
gar leysson = basketball coach, moved players to TF team to support neilson
- warner on bb team
steered to decathlon bcs athleticism and characterisitcs i.e. learn fast, challenges
warner upbringing
single mother, poor
no formal sport experience until HS with lyshon
end of HS, couldn’t go to US on sports schoarlship bcs poor grades
warner sport path
started training 2010, placed 5th in world in 2 yrs
2016 rio bronze, tokyo 2021 gold
summer covid training
behind strathroy district collegiate institute, outside view
no thompson arena
ryan stafford
played golf w gar, heard abt warner
cousin scott stafford manager of parks and recs for london
- found farquharsen arena
fraquharsen arena
unattended hockey arena
transformed into TF training centre
not long enough for 100m
hoped technique would be good by spring
gotzis, austria
hypomeeting/world class decathlon meeting
8995 points, highest
gifu city, tokyo
training centre went before entering olympic village
ashton eaton
won gold 2x in decathlon
harry marra = coach, strat to put immediate pressure onto opponents in 1st events
warner’s olympics
day 1 = immediate success in 100m and long jump
day 2 = 110m hurdles, discus cemented goal
day 3 = ended 9018 points (only 3 ppl)