Damian Warner says he will come back stronger after Commonwealth Games stumble
GOLD COAST, Australia — Three days after his decathlon debacle at the Commonwealth Games and Canadian Damian Warner still doesn’t have any answers.
Warner’s bid to defend his title crumbled after failing to clear a height in the pole vault at Carrara Stadium. First after seven events, he plummeted to sixth and — his medal chances shot — pulled out of the competition.
“I’ve had a couple days to kind of sit back and accept everything for how it played out,” Warner said in an interview Friday. “Obviously I was a little bit disappointed in the moment and for a little while after. But sometimes that’s how the cards are played and you have to deal with the consequences.
“Now I have to try and figure out what exactly went wrong and try to improve it moving forward so it doesn’t happen again.”