damian warner Flashcards

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olympics during covid

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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

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dennis neilson and gar leyshon

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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

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warner upbringing

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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

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warner sport path

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started training 2010, placed 5th in world in 2 yrs

2016 rio bronze, tokyo 2021 gold

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summer covid training

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behind strathroy district collegiate institute, outside view

no thompson arena

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ryan stafford

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played golf w gar, heard abt warner

cousin scott stafford manager of parks and recs for london
- found farquharsen arena

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fraquharsen arena

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unattended hockey arena

transformed into TF training centre

not long enough for 100m

hoped technique would be good by spring

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gotzis, austria

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hypomeeting/world class decathlon meeting

8995 points, highest

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gifu city, tokyo

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training centre went before entering olympic village

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ashton eaton

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won gold 2x in decathlon

harry marra = coach, strat to put immediate pressure onto opponents in 1st events

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warner’s olympics

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day 1 = immediate success in 100m and long jump

day 2 = 110m hurdles, discus cemented goal

day 3 = ended 9018 points (only 3 ppl)

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