With an Australian flag draped around him and a grin from ear to ear, Golubovic was overheard saying: “I feel like I’m Superman – Super Dan.” | tomdecent
A year to the day after Ash Moloney won a decathlon bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, the other man synonymous with that triumph, Cedric Dubler, knew there would be no repeat of the pace-setting and inspirational mid-race pep talks during a final burst in the men’s decathlon in Birmingham.
Dubler, who walked away from Birmingham with a bronze medal, was cooked, physically and mentally. Trying to grind through a second decathlon in 10 days, following his efforts at the world championships, was ambitious. Golubovic got close, beating Victor by more than 20 seconds, but fell 36 points short of the Grenadian, 8233 to 8197.“Dan was going to have to go out hard if he was going to get it,” said Dubler , who knew he had third place locked up no matter what happened in the 1500m. “It’s just too quick for me. I just ran out of gas. My lungs are still burning. Even if I wanted to try and help him for the first few laps, I would have completely blown up.
Dubler’s best throw of 51.84m was way off Victor’s mark of 65.16m and that meant the Australia had to produce something special in the three-and-three-quarter lap race.“That was an experience,” Dubler said. “It was kind of uncharted territory in the world of decathlon. I never expected in my career I would back up under four weeks. All of today, the fatigue set in.
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