Two Australians created a defining Olympic moment. Now they are taking different paths

Ash Moloney won decathlon bronze in Tokyo but his teammate Cedric Dubler nearly stole the show. We find out what they’re up to now

He was briefly the face of Australian athletics, whose heroics at the Tokyo Olympics inspired a nation. Ash Moloney secured the country’s first Olympic decathlon medal in dramatic circumstances in 2021, when he surged home in the 1500m, egged on by a screaming Cedric Dubler at his side.

Now Moloney has taken his biggest leap yet, abandoning the event that brought him glory to start a new phase of his career in a bold and risky transformation. The 26-year-old will compete for the Oceania title on Friday in his new event, the 400m hurdles.