Struggled for years with injury including during this event, and looks like "doing a Flintoff" to celebrate his gold medal...
[I just caught up with Dean Macey a few minutes ago after winning his first major championship. The Canvey Island decathlete talked up how much the win meant to him and dedicated it to his coach Greg Richards and his wife Lisa, who he told me "was back at home where she belongs looking after the cats and dogs!" He added: "It's only fair. I stay at home when she's on her hols - it's all about give and take isn't it?!"
Macey, bedecked in a Union Jack hat, said he had no plans to go out tonight - "I'll have to spend five hours in doping control" - but said he was "going to get the most drunk of his entire life tomorrow".
He added: "My family are here and us Maceys know how to rip up the town. Melbourne's not going to know what's hit it. We're going to rip it up and I'm going to get lashed, truly lashed. I deserve it don't you think?"
[I just caught up with Dean Macey a few minutes ago after winning his first major championship. The Canvey Island decathlete talked up how much the win meant to him and dedicated it to his coach Greg Richards and his wife Lisa, who he told me "was back at home where she belongs looking after the cats and dogs!" He added: "It's only fair. I stay at home when she's on her hols - it's all about give and take isn't it?!"
Macey, bedecked in a Union Jack hat, said he had no plans to go out tonight - "I'll have to spend five hours in doping control" - but said he was "going to get the most drunk of his entire life tomorrow".
He added: "My family are here and us Maceys know how to rip up the town. Melbourne's not going to know what's hit it. We're going to rip it up and I'm going to get lashed, truly lashed. I deserve it don't you think?"
