TOKYO :Norway's gold medal favourite Sander Skotheim suffered another decathlon heartbreak on Sunday when he was disqualified from his 110 metres hurdles heat and departed the competition.

Skotheim, who went out of the Olympics last year after three no-heights in the pole vault, was in second place overnight, but with his strong second day had been expected to push on for the title.

However, he caught a hurdle, then pushed over the next, and departed the competition.

Last year Skotheim won a fair play award after opting to remain in the Paris competition, despite his pole vault travails, to pace fellow Norwegian Markus Rooth through the final 1,500m en route to his gold. Rooth missed Tokyo through injury.

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