EJ Obiena wins silver in Diamond League ultimate forward of Asian Video games

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FILE– Philippines’ Ernest John Obiena . (Photograph by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP)

EJ Obiena duplicated his silver end on the worldwide stage on the finals of the 2023 Diamond League in Eugene, Oregon behind the record-shattering efficiency of world pole vault champion Armand “Mondo” Duplantis.

Obiena, who additionally positioned second to the Swede within the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary two weeks again, assured himself of one other silver medal after clearing 5.82 meters.

Duplantis cleared 6.23m on his first try, breaking his personal world document for the seventh time by including yet one more centimeter.

The Italy-based Obiena, ranked No. 3 on the planet, raised the bar to six.02 however couldn’t hurdle the peak thrice.

American Sam Kendricks managed to go over 5.72m to say the bronze on the match that put the cap on this yr’s athletics season.

However as for the 27-year-old Obiena, the Asian document holder of six meters has yet one more meet on his itinerary—the lads’s pole vault championship within the nineteenth Asian Video games in Hangzhou, China scheduled to formally open on Sept. 23.

Obiena is raring to say his mastery on the continental stage after profitable the Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok, Thailand in July.

He hasn’t received an Asian Video games title but and this might be Obiena’s yr previous to closing out his personal season earlier than preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympics kick in.

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