EJ Obiena ended his Tokyo 2020 Olympics campaign at 11th place in the men's pole vault event ruled by Sweden's Armand Duplantis on Tuesday, August 3, at the Olympic stadium.
Obiena failed to crash into the top 10 of the men's pole vault final after failing to clear 5.80 meters in three attempts. The Filipino pole vaulter protested his third attempt, sending out a complaint to field officials that the bar was moving while the clock was running. But after being given his fourth and last chance to clear the Olympic qualifying standard time, he committed a crucial foul that booted him out of the competition.Duplantis, the world No. 1 and world record holder, breezed through the competition, making no fouls, to clinch the Olympic gold at 6.02m.
The Swedish attempted to break his world record of 6.18m by setting the bar to 6.19m, but he failed to clear all three attempts.Brazil's Thiago Braz, the 2016 Rio Olympic champion who trains with Obiena, bagged the bronze at 5.87m, which is the Philippine record held by the Filipino.
Salamat sa laban, EJ! Mabuhay! 🇵🇭
Congratulations to our very own EJ Obiena, the only Asian among the 14 competitors in the pole vault Olympics final. Mabuhay PHI Tokyo2020
MABUHAY EJ Obiena 🇵🇭 You made the Philippines very proud of you.
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