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.
