EJ Obiena bags bronze in last meet before Olympic qualification

MANILA, Philippines – As the qualification period for the 2024 Paris Olympics looms, EJ Obiena has sustained his top form.

Obiena secured his fifth straight medal of the outdoor season as he bagged bronze in the Ostrava Golden Spike in Czech Republic on Tuesday, June 27 . The Filipino pole vaulter leapt 5.90m to finish behind Sweden’s Armand Duplantis and Australia’s Kurtis Marschall in his final meet before the Olympic qualification for pole vault and other athletics events begins on July 1.

His 5.90m vault in Ostrava should make Obiena a cinch for a Paris Games berth as he only needs to surpass the Olympic entry standard of 5.82m.

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