World record holder Armand “Mondo” Duplantis banners the elite cast that has 10 Olympic-bound athletes including Obiena in this tournament serving as a springboard for their final preparations for the Paris Games slated late this month.
A preview of the 2024 Paris Olympics hostilities is in store for pole vaulter EJ Obiena when he sees action in the Meeting de Paris Wanda Diamond League on Sunday, July 7, at the Estadio Charlety in France.
Apart from Duplantis, Obiena will battle fellow Paris qualifiers Ben Broeders of Belgium, Thibaut Collet and Robin Emig of France, Emmanouil Karalis of Greece, Kurtis Marschall of Australia, and United States bets Sam Kendricks, Chris Nilsen and Jacob Wooten. The world No. 2 Obiena, who was the first Filipino to qualify for Paris, remains upbeat of his preparations for the Olympics as he tries to lean on his back-to-back golden feats in Poland last month. Irena Szewinska Memorial in Bydgoszcz last June 20 and followed it up with a 5.87m feat at the Czeslaw Cybulski Memorial in Poznan three days later.But this Parisian tournament is expected to challenge Obiena’s preparations especially with the presence of Duplantis, the reigning Olympic champion.
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