The money went to his Canadian compatriot Damian Warner from London.

The 27-year-old LePage scored 8,909 points, the highest score of his career. This is the sixth best overall score in the history of this event.

He had won the silver medal at the World Championships last year, where a hamstring injury forced Warner to retire in the fifth competition (400m) when he was in the lead.

Achieving this result required perseverance for LePage, who has been injured many times over the years. He notably took part in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics with a tear in the patella region.

“The most important thing for me – I said it last year – is to stay healthy,” LePage commented after his day at work. My knees are finally working well again, I can jump a little. That’s why I’m looking forward to being in even better shape next year.

Warner scored 8,804 points, his best result of the season. He is the reigning Olympic champion in the decathlon.

“I’ve competed with Warner for a long time,” LePage said. To be on the podium with him is very special, especially considering my first gold medal at the World Championships. He sets a good example – Olympic champion and world champion.”

Bronze went to Lindon Victor from Grenada.

Canada added four medals to their haul on Saturday. Marco Arop also won, in his case over 800 meters.

The athlete from Edmonton won in 1:44.24 ahead of Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi (1:44.53) and England’s Ben Pattison (1:44.83).

“It’s amazing,” exclaimed Arop. I don’t realize it yet. It will probably hit me tomorrow when I wake up. But now I’m just trying to enjoy it. It is wonderful.”

Sarah Mitton of Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, placed second in the shot put.

“Great,” Mitton told The Canadian Press. It was a good challenge throughout the event, so it made the work I had to do even more fun.

The American Chase Ealey was on top of the podium and defended her title.

China’s Lijiao Gong was third.

Mitton’s best throw was 20.08 meters en route to his first career medal at the World Championships.

In the women’s marathon, Amane Beriso Shankule led Ethiopia in doubles.

Shankule clocked 2 hours, 24 minutes and 23 seconds on the streets of Budapest, beating defending champion Gotytom Gebreslase, a teammate, by 11 seconds.

Fatima Ezzahra Gardadi of Morocco won the bronze in 2:25.17.

Shankule, 31, said the Ethiopian team worked together to make it difficult for the rest of the runners.

“Once we got rid of the others, it was a battle with my tough teammates,” Shankule said. Gebreslase is strong and she wanted to defend her title.”

Of the 77 athletes who started, 65 made it to the finish in a race that saw temperatures soar to 29 degrees Celsius.

Towards the end of the race, Shankule began to pull away from his compatriots.

“The main goal was to get the gold back. I’m proud that we (the Ethiopians) keep the title,” Gebreslase said.

Gebreslase set a world championship record of 2:18:11 in cooler conditions last summer in Eugene, Oregon.

Canada’s Natasha Wodak and Sasha Gollish placed 15th and 61st respectively.

They come from Surrey, British Columbia and Toronto.

Later in the day, 200-meter winner Noah Lyles won the 4 x 100-meter relay with his team from the United States.

Lyles, who also won the 100 meters earlier this week, held up three fingers as he crossed the finish line for three races won.

He’s the first man since Usain Bolt in 2015 to achieve the feat at the World Cup.

Bolt won all three races at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics. Lyles will want to do the same in 2024.

Faith Kipyegon of Kenya will be looking to add a 5,000m title to her 1,500m title, which she previously won at the World Championships.

In addition, Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis is expected to defend his title.