Obiena, Cray, Brown launch world championships bid

Obiena, ranked No. 3 in the world, starts his bid in the qualifications on Aug. 23 with a goal of making into the finals – and on the podium once again – on Aug. 26.

But the 27-year-old Obiena is going into the competition with more confidence and morale boost, having breached the elusive 6-meter mark in the Bergen Jump Challenge in Norway last June and briefly taking over the world No. 2 spot late in July. Meanwhile, two other Filipinos are also seeing action in the global event with Olympian Eric Cray and Asian champion Robyn Brown plunging into action in the men’s and women’s 400-meter hurdles, respectively.

This would be the second time that Cray would be competing in the Worlds after seeing action in the 2013 edition held in Moskva, Russia. He also competed in the same event, but failed to advance after getting disqualified due to a false start.

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