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Moloney second early in the decathlon

Australian Ash Moloney has made a flying start to the Olympic decathlon. (AAP)

Australian Ash Moloney has made a flying start to the decathlon at the Tokyo Olympics.

Moloney, 21, set a personal best of 10.34 seconds in the opening 100m and backed up with a solid 7.64m in the long jump.

The 2018 world junior champion is in second spot overall on 1983 points after two of 10 events, behind runaway leader Damian Warner from Canada (2189).

Warner equalled his own decathlon 100m record of 10.12 to throw down the guantlet to his opponents.

The Canadian also dominated the long jump with 8.24m.

Australian Cedric Dubler is in 12th spot, having battled a hamstring injury in the lead-up to the Games.

The first five events are on Wednesday and the remaining five take place on Thursday.

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