ERNEST John 'EJ' Obiena reset the Asian men's pole vault record en route to capturing the bronze medal at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, USA.
ERNEST John 'EJ' Obiena reset the Asian men's pole vault record en route to capturing the bronze medal at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, USA.He is the first Filipino to win a medal in the prestigious meet.Obiena cleared the 5.94-meter bar in his second attempt on Monday to finish third behind American Christopher Nielsen, who cleared the same height but bagged the silver after the countback.'The best is yet to come.
Meanwhile, Sweden's Armand Duplantis wrapped up the World Athletics Championships in stunning fashion, setting a new world record in the pole vault as the curtain came down on the 10-day global track and field extravaganza.The gripping finale could not have been any better scripted for the first world championships ever to be held on American soil — apart from the fact that the US-born and raised Duplantis was wearing the yellow and blue of Sweden and not representing the Stars and Stripes.
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