EJ Obiena rises to third in first post-Olympics meet as Duplantis cruises anew

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Top Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena kickstarts his road to Olympic redemption after snatching a joint third-place finish at the 2024 Lausanne Diamond League in Switzerland on Wednesday, August 21 or Thursday, August 22, Manila time.

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00:00Top Filipino pole vaulter Ejeo Biena kickstarts his road to Olympic redemption after snatching
00:07a joint third-place finish at the 2024 Lausanne Diamond League in Switzerland on Wednesday,
00:12August 21, or Thursday, August 22, Manila time.
00:16He finishes with a 5.82-meter clearance but fails all three attempts at 5.92.
00:22Current world record holder and two-time reigning Olympic champion Mondo Duplantis easily cops
00:27gold at the 6-meter mark.
00:29He also nets the meet record at 6.15 meters in three jumps.
00:33Reigning silver medalist Sam Kendricks nails another runner-up finish with a 5.92-meter
00:37mark.
00:38Greek Emmanuel Karelis, meantime, slides to sixth place.
00:42Ejeo Biena plans to mount a historic World Athletic Sanctioned Pole Vault event at Makati
00:46Zayala Triangle Gardens in the Philippines on September 20.

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