Damian Warner from London, Ontario won the Olympic gold medal, pure joy from family members

There is a new one in London, Ontario Olympic champion.

With an Olympic record of 9,018 points, Damian Warner allowed Canada to win the first gold medal in the Olympic decathlon.

The achievement of this 31-year-old is worth celebrating at a viewing party attended by family and friends in his hometown.

“It’s unbelievable to hear them say Olympic champions,” said Warner’s partner Jen Cotten.

“I know this is what Damian wants, what the Warner team wants and hopes for, but it would be crazy to actually achieve it.”

Warner’s first Olympic gold medal came less than five months after the couple received what they believed was their other gold medal-their son Theo.

“Before (Tokyo), I was a little worried. He refused to sleep in a different room. He wanted to stay in the same room with my child,” Cotton said.

“I’m glad it didn’t negatively affect him… It’s great to watch him embrace all the different roles he plays now,”

“I can’t express in words how I feel about his realization of his dream,” said Warner’s mother Brenda Gillan.

“I’m not sure when he will go home. When he does, it will be a grand party.”

Assistant coach Dennis Nielsen has been working at Warner since he was a student at Montcalm Secondary School in London. He said that after setting an Olympic record, he felt that he was on top of the world.

Nelson added: “The blood, sweat and tears of those years, the disappointments and the joys of those years, are blooming and bearing fruit. This is the best in history.” “We never doubted that he would become an Olympian. There is no doubt that he will win the gold medal…One day, he will go down in history and become the highest score in the decathlon and the best athlete in the world. Period.”

“If you are a coach and have the opportunity to coach someone like Damian Warner, then you are lucky.”

The backyard viewing party in North London was hosted by Warner’s business manager Jeff Fischer, who witnessed the Olympic champion undergoing a unique training setting before reaching the world stage.

Fischer said: “Due to the pandemic, he was unable to travel south and his partner was expected,” he added, adding that the COVID-19 agreement at the time prevented him from training at Western University.

4:32Canadian decathlon player Damian Warner talks about his trip to the Tokyo Olympics

The Warner team finally obtained permission from the city government to transform the Farquharson Arena in London into a temporary training facility to use the old hockey field inside.

“We joked that we could start renting it out as a global decathlon facility, and people would show up,’Are you kidding me?’ But that’s the truth,” Fischer added.

As of Thursday, Canada has five gold medals in the Tokyo Olympics, three of which bear the name of a Londoner.

Along with Warner, Forest City’s other champions include Maggie McNeill, who set the Canadian swimming 100-meter butterfly record, and Susanne Grainger, who won the women’s eighth rowing championship in Canada.

Londoners Jessie Fleming and Shelina Zadorsky will have the chance to win Olympic gold medals in the women’s football final between Canada and Sweden on Friday.

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