EJ Obiena, nagtapos sa ikaapat na pwesto sa 2024 Paris Olympics Men's Pole Vault

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00:00In the continuation of the 2024 Paris Olympics,

00:03the world number two and Filipino pole vault star, EJ Obiena,

00:09won a medal at the men's pole vault final event.

00:12This is the story of Bernadette Pinoy.

00:21Once again, the 2024 Paris Olympics Men's Pole Vault Finals

00:26is one of the big names in the sport of pole vaulting.

00:30One of the most anticipated by Filipinos is EJ Obiena's

00:34performance in the pole vault.

00:36He is the number two best in the world.

00:39In EJ's first attempt, he quickly reached 5.50m and 5.70m

00:46but stopped at 5.80m mark.

00:49Here, Obiena managed his next attempts at 5.80m

00:53and went straight to 5.85m

00:55where he cleared the so-called height level.

00:58EJ also climbed 5.90m in the first attempt

01:02as a reason to be among the first athletes to continue the tournament

01:07along with Arman Duplantis of Sweden,

01:09American Sam Kendricks,

01:11and Emmanuel Karalis of Greece.

01:14When it came to 5.95m,

01:16this is where the country's momentum paused until the third attempt.

01:20In the end, the 28-year-old athlete,

01:25who finished in 4th place.

01:27Despite this, the support of the Filipinos in the pole vault star

01:32was still there and he was thankful for the heart,

01:34hard work, and dedication that he put into the tournament.

01:37In Obiena's social media post,

01:39he did not deny his disappointment in the result of the match

01:42but insisted that he learned a lot from the match

01:45and once again thanked all the supporters and prayed for him.

01:49The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will mark the end of EJ's 11th place in the so-called sports event.

01:56At the same time, he is slowly rising in the world rankings

01:59due to the medals that he will receive from the prestigious competitions in the coming years.

02:05Like the Asian Games Gold Medal of 2023,

02:082nd place finish in the 2023 World Athletics Championships,

02:13and World Athletics Indoor Tour Bronze Memorial Joseph Gasparas this year.

02:17EJ has really come a long way to give glory to the country

02:22and the Philippines has a flag to carry in the International Competition.

02:25Bernadette Pinoy for Pambansan TV in the new Philippines.