With a selfless gesture, Cedric Dobler becomes Australian champion at the 2021 Olympics: the 25-year-old of Swiss descent helps his teammate win a medal.
The basics in brief
- Ash Moloney (21) wins the first Olympic medal in the decathlon for Australia.
- His teammate Cedric Dobler shouted him out for the bronze in the final event.
- The 25-year-old has roots in Switzerland.
Faster, higher, farther – Of course, the Olympics are all about outstanding athletic performance. But in games, the focus is always on sportsmanship. You pay more attention to that at the Olympics than usual.
Swiss-Australian Cedric Doppler did the same in the men’s decathlon. The 25-year-old of Swiss descent had no other chances to win the precious metal in the 1500m. The situation is different with his teammate Ash Moloney.
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He went into the decisive race in third place and had Australia’s first decathlon medal in mind. In the end, it was a close match – Moloney broke away from fourth-placed Garrett Scantling (US) by 38 points.
A selfless gesture at the 2021 Olympics
Doppler also played a key role in Australia’s first Olympic gold medal in the decathlon. The 25-year-old, whose father emigrated from Aargau to Down Under in 1990, sacrificed his own race for Moloney.
Doppler waited for his teammate and ran with the 21-year-old as a pacemaker. And he kept screaming for a tired Moloney. “I was worried, so I started screaming,” Doppler said after the race.
“I can’t repeat what he said,” said bronze medal winner Moloney. “I heard his voice in my skull like a bat from hell. Roaring like a madman.”
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