**Paris 2024 Olympics: Norway’s Markus Rooth Wins Gold in Men’s Decathlon**

The 22-year-old Rooth, seventh after day one, took the lead with a terrific javelin throw before beating Neugebauer to the 1,500-metre finish line by about five seconds to seal by far the biggest victory of his career.

Canadian Warner, 34, was lying second heading into the pole vault, the eighth of the decathlon’s 10 events, but fouled on his three attempts at 4.60 metres.

Norway’s Sander Skotheim, in third place, suffered the same fate, failing three times to clear 4.50m.