Cedric Dubler couldn’t win a medal in the decathlon at the Tokyo Olympic, but he made sure Ash Moloney did | mickgleeson
Moloney was exhausted. He had nothing left after two days and nine-and-three-quarter events. The 21-year-old’s legs were going, but he didn’t know how.All that was left in the decathlon was the 1500m. Moloney could not let Garrett Scantling, the American who was in fourth place, finish the 1500m more than 10 seconds quicker than him or he would find himself fourth.
As a teammate in an individual sport, Dubler has recrafted that idea of individualism. He has mentored Moloney as a young athlete and he coached him on the track in his most important moment. These Olympic Games have been marked by fraternity, by the high jumpers sharing gold. This was a moment of similar poignancy for the sight of an Australian athlete taking as much joy in getting his mate to the line and caring nothing for his own finish as the high jumpers sharing their joyful golds. Hell, Dubler screamed himself to a stop. He finished last overall, with two further competitors failing to finish.
“I was looking at the clock and thinking, ‘Oh crap this is a fast time. I knew I had it 10 metres away from the line’,” Moloney said. “I almost stacked it really hard and it really shook me. You may have been able to see that. I was very on edge but I managed to pull through,” he said.
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