Australian Ash Moloney remains in the silver-medal position after seven of 10 events in the Olympic men's decathlon.
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Moloney, 21, made an excellent start to day two with a personal best of 14.08 seconds in the 110m hurdles and then followed up with a solid 44.38m throw in the discus.
With three events to go, Moloney has 6359 points, leaving him 251 adrift of pacesetter Damian Warner from Canada.
Another Canadian, Pierce LePage is in third spot with 6265, while Australia Cedric Dubler is back in 18th spot.
The remaining three events - the pole vault, javelin and 1500m - take place later on Thursday.
No Australian has ever finished in the top five in an Olympic decathlon.
Australian Associated Press