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It was milestone performances from the pair with both claiming national and Oceania records as Australia opened their account at the first world indoor Championships to be held in four years.
Patterson soared over the landmark two-metre mark for the first time in her distinguished career in the morning session to add one centimetre to her own Commonwealth record.
However, Patterson’s jump was not enough for gold as Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh clinched an emotional victory in a compelling final
The 20-year-old victor had fled her war-torn homeland and endured a 2,000km car journey just to reach Serbia and compete at the World Indoor Championships.
"It felt like a special competition out there," explained 25-year-old Patterson, who was on her way to victory until a fighting, last-gasp clearance at 2.00m from Mahuchikh rescued her dream to win for her country.
"The hardships the Ukrainian athletes have gone through, no-one deserves to go through.
"The journey they've gone on just to get here is incredible. I'm incredibly proud of Yaroslava and what's she's been able to do here; amazing.
"I painted my nails blue with a yellow love heart on them today just to communicate a small gesture that my heart goes out to them."
In the evening, Moloney, the exciting young multi-eventer, added another global medal to the Olympic decathlon bronze he won in Tokyo last year with a draining run in the final 1000m, which followed his lifetime best 5.10m in the pole vault.
It was another huge effort from the 22-year-old Queenslander, in his debut competition indoors.
Not even a lingering knee injury, which forced him out of the high-jump on Friday, could stop Maloney from earning his spot on the podium.
"I left a little bit out there in the high jump but I was able to go all out for it today and I did," Moloney said, suggesting the experience was even more exhilarating than the Olympics where he performed in an empty arena.
"It's absolutely unreal. I've been dreaming about competing in front of a crowd for so long and now I've finally had the chance to do that.
"I was terrified before running that 1000. As soon as I go on that track, in a double-decker stadium almost full, I was like, 'God, it's real now."
His total of 6,344 points smashed the national and Oceania indoor record of 5949 set by Gary Haasbroek three years ago.
Yet Moloney couldn't quite match another young gun, Swiss silver medallist Simon Ehammer (6363) nor Canada's magnificent Olympic decathlon champion Damian Warner, who smashed his own Commonwealth record with 6489.
There may be more Australian medals to come on Sunday as Catriona Bisset and Ollie Hoare qualified for middle distance finals in an impressive fashion.
Melbourne's Bisset will go into the 800m final in the evening as the second-fastest qualifier, while US-based Hoare made it into the 1500m final, by finishing runner-up in his heat.
Linden Hall clocked a season's best of 4min 06.34sec to finish a creditable sixth in the women's 1500m final behind an Ethiopian medal sweep led by runaway winner Gudaf Tsegay, who recorded a championship record 3:57.19.
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Monday, March 21 - Day 3
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