Norway’s Markus Rooth pulls off upset for gold in males’s decathlon
A gold medal for Norway throughout the males’s decathlon isn’t one factor many Norwegians may need predicted, nonetheless 22-year-old Markus Rooth has turn into the 2024 Olympic champion in Paris. He scored a nationwide doc of 8,796 components to win the nation’s first medal on the Paris 2024 Video video games.
Rooth had an error-free two days of rivals, setting personal bests in 4 of the 5 second-day events: the pole vault, javelin throw, discus throw and 110m hurdles. Germany’s Leo Neugebauer took silver, with a ranking of 8,748 components, and Grenada’s Linden Victor rounded out the podium for bronze with a ranking of 8,711 components.
At 22, Rooth is the second youngest Olympic decathlon champion in historic previous, behind solely 1948 Olympic champion Bob Mathias (USA), who obtained gold at age 17.
Sooner than these Olympics, Rooth’s biggest decathlon finish at a severe championship was eighth, on the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, the place Canada’s Pierce LePage and Damian Warner took home gold and silver. LePage didn’t compete on the Paris Olympics ensuing from injury, and Warner dropped out of the decathlon on Saturday after eight events.
Inside the eighth event, Warner was in second place, with 6,428 components, trailing solely Neugebauer. Sadly, Warner failed all three pole vault makes an try at his starting high of 4.60 metres, resulting in a “no high” and incomes 0 components.
That’s the major time Warner has not achieved a decathlon at an Olympic Video video games. He accomplished fifth in London 2012, obtained bronze in Rio 2016 and claimed gold at Tokyo 2020.
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