Appearing ragged, Ernest John Obiena cleared 5.
54 meters Friday and settled for the bronze medal in a tie with reigning US indoor champion Matt Ludwig at the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix in front of a sellout crowd in Poznan, Poland.
The Pinoy athlete’s father-coach, Emerson Obiena, who watched the event that was video streamed live by the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association on its YouTube and Facebook sites, observed that his son looked spent during his performance. “Coach Vitaly Petrov once told both of us that if your make a 3-hour trip by land you need at least day to recover,” Emerson said.
The elder Obiena noted the Poland meet was his son’s third in less than a week since seeing action in the washed-out Golden Roof Challenge of the Golden Fly athletic series in Innbruck, Austria on September 5.
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