Canada’s Damian Warner withdraws from decathlon with Achilles injury

By Canadian Press on September 19, 2025.

TOKYO — Former Olympic decathlon champion Damian Warner will not compete for his first title at the world athletics championships.

Warner withdrew from the competition Saturday morning in Tokyo due to a nagging Achilles injury that worsened over the last few days, a spokesperson for Athletics Canada said.

The decathlon was scheduled to run through Sunday night at Japan’s National Stadium, where Warner struck gold in record-breaking fashion at the Summer Games in 2021.

The 35-year-old from London, Ont., who also won bronze at the Rio Olympics in 2016, is a four-time medallist at the world championships, winning two silver and two bronze.

Warner claimed silver behind gold medal-winning countryman Pierce LePage at the most recent worlds in Budapest in 2023.

LePage, who missed last year’s Paris Games with an injury, was set to compete in Saturday’s decathlon.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 19, 2025.

The Canadian Press

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