damian warner

Question 1

olympics during covid

Answer 1

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

Question 2

dennis neilson and gar leyshon

Answer 2

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

Question 3

warner upbringing

Answer 3

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

Question 4

warner sport path

Answer 4

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

2016 rio bronze, tokyo 2021 gold

Question 5

summer covid training

Answer 5

behind strathroy district collegiate institute, outside view

no thompson arena

Question 6

ryan stafford

Answer 6

played golf w gar, heard abt warner

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

Question 7

fraquharsen arena

Answer 7

unattended hockey arena

transformed into TF training centre

not long enough for 100m

hoped technique would be good by spring

Question 8

gotzis, austria

Answer 8

hypomeeting/world class decathlon meeting

8995 points, highest

Question 9

gifu city, tokyo

Answer 9

training centre went before entering olympic village

Question 10

ashton eaton

Answer 10

won gold 2x in decathlon

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

Question 11

warner’s olympics

Answer 11

day 1 = immediate success in 100m and long jump

day 2 = 110m hurdles, discus cemented goal

day 3 = ended 9018 points (only 3 ppl)