The Philippines’ Ernest John Obiena celebrates after profitable the lads’s pole vault ultimate in the course of the thirty second Southeast Asian Video games (SEA Video games) on the Morodok Techo Nationwide stadium in Phnom Penh on Might 8, 2023. (Picture by MOHD RASFAN / AFP)
MANILA, Philippines-EJ Obiena simply positioned an early reservation for Paris.
Obiena grew to become the primary Filipino to punch a ticket to the 2024 Olympics after clearing the Olympic commonplace of 5.82 meters on the Bauhaus Galan in Stockholm, Sweden.
The world’s No. 3 vaulter hurdled the peak on his second try only a day after the beginning of the Olympic qualification season and ultimately captured the silver medal behind world champion Armand Duplantis.
Duplantis, the Olympic champion and world-record holder, dominated the meet for the fifth straight time in entrance of his house followers with a 6.05 soar.
Pal Haugen Lillefosse of Norway positioned third in 5.72m earlier than three unsuccessful makes an attempt at 5.82 in the course of the Stockholm leg of the celebrated 2023 Wanda Diamond League.
Obiena pushed it as much as 5.95, however was unable to beat the elevation after duplicating the feat he completed previous to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Again then, Obiena additionally grew to become the primary Filipino qualifier to the Olympics earlier than the Tokyo Summer season Video games was postponed for a yr as a result of pandemic.
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