Canada's Pierce LePage leads the men's decathlon with just two events remaining at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Olympic champion Damian Warner is in third spot with the javelin and 1,500-metre events still to come on Saturday.
Action from Budapest resumes at 12:55 p.m. ET with LePage and Warner still to compete in the javelin and 1,500m events.Sarah Mitton, of Brooklyn, N.S., advanced to the women's shot put final on Saturday with a throw of 19.37m in the qualifier.
Sarah Mitton isn’t messing around 💪On her first throw she automatically qualifies for the final with a distance of 19.37m in Shot Put 🇨🇦💥Avec son premier lancer elle se qualifie automatiquement pour la finale avec une distance de 19,37m au lancer du poids 🇨🇦💥 pic.twitter.com/YaDTPo64RcAmane Beriso Shankule led a 1-2 finish by Ethiopia in the women's marathon on a warm Saturday morning.
The 31-year-old Shankule said the Ethiopian team worked together to make it difficult on the rest of the runners to keep up. Canadian national record holder Natasha Wodak, of Surrey, B.C., finished 15th overall with a season-best time of 2:30:09.
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