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Australia had never had a winner of a combined title at the U20 World Championships but, like waiting for a bus, two gold medal hopefuls are presented in Tampere.
Ashley Moloney pulverized her personal best ever championship record of 8190, winning gold with the largest margin of winnings in the history of the U20 World Championships. His teammate Gary Haasbroek made an Aussie 1-2 winning silver with 7798, also a PB, while Swiss Simon Ehammer took a bronze surprise.
Moloney had the best start possible, setting a world U20 decathlon score of 10.51 in the 100m. But his competition almost came to an early end in the long jump as he recorded fouls in the first two rounds. His opening effort was particularly far and seemed to be nearly eight meters, but he stammered into the chart on his last attempt and got a safety rating of 7.06m.
The Swiss duo Simon Ehammer and Finley Gaio produced the best jumps. The competition with 7.45 m and 7.28 m respectively, while Haasbroek jumped 7.26 m.
Makenson Gletty of France came to the fore in the shot put, his throw of 16.03m propelling him into the lead of the overall standings. Gaio also did well with 14.58m to beat Moloney, whose 12.83m was about a meter from his best.
World Under-20 leader Stepan Kekin has not had the best start, with 11.06 in the 100m and 6.90m in the long jump, both far from his PB. But he was happier with his 14.25m shot, the fourth best result in the discipline.
All the points that Moloney gave up in the long jump and the shot were quickly picked up in the high jump. He set a 2.04m and 2.07m CP before climbing to 2.10m, the best jump in a high jump decathlon at the U20 World Championships since 2004.
With Gletty over 1, 98m, Moloney came back in the overall standings, just six points ahead of the Frenchman. Haasbroek, who dropped to sixth after shooting, was fourth after jumping 2.01m in the high jump.
The first day was over with Moloney 's best 400m event, and his early efforts of the day He did not have too much impact on him while he was there. he accelerated on the track in a record of 46.86. The 49.20 from Haasbroek was the third fastest time of the event and this meant that the Australian duo ended the first day in the first two positions in the standings, Moloney leading 4319 and Haasbroek in 4103.
Gletty's competition, however, came to an unfortunate end. After aching his ankle during the high jump, he managed to tread the first 60 meters of the 400m before the pain became too heavy to handle and then left the track. His teammate Steven Fauvel-Clinch, world champion in under 18 years, was a non-starter for the 400m
The second day began in the same way as the first: with a decathlon world champion.
Ayden Owens of Puerto Rico sped up to 13.74 to win the 110m hurdles. However, he did not help his medal hopes a lot, as he was disqualified from the 400m the first day and languished at the bottom of the leader board.
The medal contenders all performed well with Moloney and Haasbroek scoring 14.13 and 14.26 respectively. Gaio ran 13.90, while Kekin maintained his medal hopes by setting a PB of 14.19 to go from seventh to sixth.
Kekin went back to the record after setting a lifetime record of 48.65m. Moloney and Haasbroek also set PBs, throwing 47.39m and 40.54m respectively to get them started for a score of around 8000 points. Gaio, meanwhile, dropped two places in the standings after throwing 36.96m.
The pole vault can often upset the decathlon standings and it was certainly true in Tampere since five of the top six positions changed after the eighth. discipline. Moloney was the only athlete to maintain his position; his 4.60m PB tie increased his lead to 451 points with only two remaining events.
Haasbroek dropped from a second place to third after only 4.30m, but that was not enough to make him lose the silver medal. medal. Kekin strengthened his chances of winning a medal with a solid result of 4.60m.
The Swiss duo Ehammer and Gaio enjoyed varied fortunes. Ehammer set a 4.70m PB to move up to second place while Gaio crossed 4.30m, 40 centimeters shorter than his best.
As was the case for the discus earlier in the day, a series of CPs were placed in the javelin.
53.67m Moloney added five meters to his best and put him on track to break the Oceanian U20 record with the championship record also in sight. The 55.25m Marginal Haasbroek PB kept his hopes of a silver medal, while Ehammer's best 49.09m improved his chances of winning a medal.
Kekin's 50.11 m was seven meters from his best.
Moloney entered the 1500m with 437 points in advance. The gold medal was safe. The only question was whether he was going to get around the last test or go get an Oceania or Championship record.
He opted for the second.
line up in 4: 42.65 to bring his score to 8190. Not only did he add 96 points to the Oceanian record set by Moloney's training partner, Cedric Dubler, but he also placed him at second in the world under 20 years old.
Haasbroek was second in the 1500m with 4: 35.48 to take the silver medal with 7798, while Ehammer's time of 4: 47.36 gave him enough points for bronze with 7642.
The German Manuel Wagner ran in 4: 29.45 1500m, which eventually was enough to make him move to fourth place after Kekin's withdrawal to a round of the end.
"I feel a roller coaster of emotions," said Moloney. "I just tried to do my best in every event. The huge PB in the high jump was the highlight, which means a lot for me to have Gary by my side." [19659002] Jon Mulkeen for the IAAF
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