Clearing the same height in the 2021 FBK Games in the Netherlands, he copped a silver medal a few days later behind world record holder Armand Duplantis, who nailed a 6.10m mark.
The 25-year-old pole vaulter is riding on a hot momentum as he broke the Philippine national indoor record thrice at the start of the year.to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and continues to be a prime bet for a medal in the global sports showpiece to be staged from July 23 to August 8. In 2019, he reset the Philippine outdoor record thrice and copped the elusive Southeast Asian Games gold.with a bronze finish last August.
He continues to train with Olympic champion coach Vitaly Petrov in Formia, Italy as he ramps up his bid for the Tokyo Games.To discover the stories of our Filipino Olympic hopefuls, subscribe to Rappler Sports podcast Targeting Tokyo on
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