Fast Talk with Boy Abunda: EJ Obiena, pinakaba si Mondo Duplantis! (Episode 417)

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Aired (September 4, 2024): Bakit kaya pinakaba ng Filipino athlete at third best pole vaulter in the world na si EJ Obiena ang kanyang kapwa pole vaulter at Paris Olympics 2024 gold medalist na si Mondo Duplantis? Alamin ang istorya na 'to sa video.

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00:00What are the requirements to be a good pole vaulter?

00:12A well-abled body.

00:14We come in different shapes.

00:16You need to be fearless.

00:18What do you think, EJ?

00:21Sorry, I'm just excited to talk to you.

00:23What do you think when you're there?

00:25I'm going to get there.

00:27Are you talking to yourself?

00:30Yes, sir.

00:31I'm running what I need to do.

00:34If the coach gives me a technical adjustment,

00:37then I try to do that.

00:39If I need intrinsic motivation,

00:41I think about why I'm there.

00:43If I'm a little bit overwhelmed,

00:45I try to calm myself down.

00:46Do you pray?

00:47From time to time, sir.

00:49It depends on how.

00:50I don't pray for a miracle, I guess.

00:53I pray that he gives me strength.

00:55Do you get affected by the pole vaulter before and after you?

01:01Does that affect you?

01:02I try not to, but I'll be lying if I say no.

01:05Of course, sir.

01:07How do I put this?

01:10We match the games.

01:12That's why I pass sometimes.

01:14It's a tactic to give myself time to rest.

01:17Can you pass?

01:20Yes, sir.

01:21For example, who's the top guy?

01:23What's his name?

01:24Mondo.

01:25Mondo Duplantis.

01:26For example, I noticed in the Olympics,

01:28he has a height that he didn't jump.

01:31Can he do that?

01:32Yes, sir.

01:33What's the disadvantage of that?

01:34Well, you miss the attempt.

01:35And if he counts in the end,

01:37for example, is there something like that?

01:39If it's higher, closer to your limit,

01:42the consistency should be there.

01:45So, you get three attempts.

01:47So, it's going to be harder for you to,

01:50I mean, you can't make mistakes.

01:54Why did you say it's painful to be fourth?

01:57Duplantis, Kendricks,

02:00and then Karalis of Greece,

02:03and then you.

02:04And you were close,

02:05because you both jumped 5.9.

02:09Right?

02:10Yes, sir.

02:11What happened there?

02:13I had a miss on 5.80.

02:15So, what I did was I passed.

02:17I made 5.85 on my first.

02:19Yes, it's the same.

02:20So, that attempt on 5.80,

02:22that cost me the bronze medal in Paris.

02:26How painful was that?

02:29It sucks, because in my sport,

02:31there are only three people who are rewarded

02:33at the end of the competition,

02:34and that's the first, second, and third.

02:36And fourth, until the last place,

02:38you're a non-medalist.

02:39And for me, as a competitor,

02:42I'm aiming for that podium,

02:44and I want to win.

02:45Are the guys around you nice?

02:47Yes, sir.

02:48Like, Duplantis is number one in the world,

02:50Kendricks, Lightfoot.

02:52Yes.

02:53You know them all.

02:54I know them all.

02:55Lightfoot, Karalis.

02:56Are they all nice?

02:58Yes, sir.

02:59All of them are nice.

03:00One of our staff, Donny, said

03:02he's going to donate all of his money

03:04to Karalis.

03:05Yes.

03:06Let's call him.

03:08I can call him.

03:10Okay.

03:11So, they're nice.

03:12You're good friends.

03:13Yes, sir.

03:14We're very good friends.

03:15You talk to each other.

03:16Yes, sir.

03:17From time to time.

03:18Especially during the qualification,

03:20during my last attempt,

03:22Mondo approached me afterwards.

03:24He said,

03:25you made us all worry.

03:26Well, I was like,

03:27sorry, my stomach was tumbling,

03:29and I was about to,

03:30my pants were like.

03:31Okay.

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