{"id":2012986,"date":"2023-08-26T12:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T16:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/athletics-canadas-lepage-leads-decathlon-at-world-championships-with-two-events-to-go\/"},"modified":"2023-08-26T12:22:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T16:22:13","slug":"athletics-canadas-lepage-leads-decathlon-at-world-championships-with-two-events-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/athletics-canadas-lepage-leads-decathlon-at-world-championships-with-two-events-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada&#8217;s LePage dominates decathlon at world championships with two events remaining."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fathletics-canadas-lepage-leads-decathlon-at-world-championships-with-two-events-to-go%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2012986&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Lori Ewing<\/p>\n<p><h2>Canada&#8217;s Pierce LePage Leads Decathlon at World Championships<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>BUDAPEST (Reuters) \u2013 Canada\u2019s Pierce\u2064 LePage is on \u200btrack for his first\u200c world \u2064gold medal in \u2064the decathlon on Saturday, leading in \u2064Budapest\u2064 after eight events.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old silver \u200bmedallist\u2064 at last year\u2019s worlds has 7,477 points with just the javelin and 1,500 metres remaining on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Leo Neugebauer of Germany is second on 7,282 points and \u200bOlympic champion Damian Warner, who is making a \u2062bid for a first world\u2064 title after taking the silver in 2015 and bronze\u2062 in both\u2063 2013 and 2019, is third with 7,260. <\/p>\n<p>LePage began the day in second place behind Neugebauer before moving into the \u200blead with a personal best time \u2063of 13.77 seconds in the 110 metre hurdles. He then built on his lead with second-best results in both the discus (50.98 metres) and pole vault (season\u2019s best 5.20).<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old Neugebauer, who in June broke the U.S. collegiate record to win \u2062the NCAA championships, struggled in the hurdles but \u2062climbed back to second after \u2063clearing 5.10m in the pole vault.<\/p>\n<p>Warner\u2019s 4.90m in the pole\u2062 vault was \u2062a personal best and kept him in the\u200c medal mix. His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-bikinis-beach-volleyball-stars-boycott-qatar-event-because-of-no-bikini-policy\/\" title=\"No Bikinis: Beach Volleyball Stars Boycott Qatar Event Because Of No-Bikini Policy\">world championships<\/a> last\u2064 year ended\u200d abruptly \u200bwhen he \u200bpulled up \u200bin the 400m with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n<p>World \u2063record holder Kevin Mayer of \u2062France withdrew after the first two events due to an Achilles injury suffered two \u2063week \u2063ago.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  (Reporting by Lori Ewing; Editing by Hugh \u2063Lawson)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/athletics-canadas-lepage-leads-decathlon\/attachment\/world-athletics-championship-93\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/athletics-canadas-lepage-leads-decathlon\/attachment\/world-athletics-championship-94\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/athletics-canadas-lepage-leads-decathlon\/attachment\/world-athletics-championship-95\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>This Week In Review: Major Headlines<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Dr. Tabia Lee, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/athletics-canadas-lepage-leads-decathlon-at-world-championships-with-two-events-to-go\/\" title=\"Canada's LePage dominates decathlon at world championships with two events remaining.\">black diversity equity \u2063inclusion \u200cdirector<\/a> \u200cat a California\u200c college, says she was \u200crecently\u2063 fired for asking questions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>Former President \u2062Trump&#8217;s D.C. Case<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan \u200cis holding a \u2062hearing on Monday, August \u206228th to determine a trial date\u200b in \u2062former \u200bPresident Trump\u2019s D.C. case. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>Transgender Policy in California School District<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Temecula Valley Unified School District, the third <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-gov-newsom-announces-2b-plan-to-reopen-schools-by-spring\/\" title=\"Calif. Gov. Newsom announces B plan to reopen schools by spring\">school district<\/a> in\u2063 the state,\u2064 has\u2063 passed a policy that will notify parents if their child identifies as transgender, requests to be \u200dcalled by different pronouns and wants to use a different\u200d bathroom.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>Sweden&#8217;s Ericsson Predicts $1 Billion Income<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>STOCKHOLM (Reuters) &#8211; Sweden\u2019s Ericsson predicted on Friday intellectual property\u200b rights (IPR) licensing income of 11 billion Swedish crowns ($1 billion) this year\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>New Reporting Requirements for Cryptocurrency\u200b Brokers<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Hannah Lang (Reuters) &#8211; Cryptocurrency brokers, including exchanges and payment processors, would have to report new information on users\u2019 sales and\u2064 exchanges\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>India&#8217;s\u200c New \u200bElectric Vehicle Policy<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Aditi Shah,\u200d Aditya Kalra and\u200c Nikunj Ohri NEW DELHI (Reuters) &#8211; India \u2062is working on a new\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-pushes-probes-into-biden-administration-ties-to-green-energy-interests\/\" title=\"Top Republican Pushes Probes Into Biden Administration Ties To Green Energy Interests\">electric vehicle policy<\/a> that would\u2026\u200d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada&#8217;s Pierce LePage is poised to win his first world gold medal in the decathlon in Budapest. After eight events, the 27-year-old, who won silver last year, leads with 7,477 points. Only the javelin and 1,500 meters remain on Saturday evening. Leo Neugebauer is also competing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2012987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2012987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}