EJ Obiena, nagtapos sa ikaapat na pwesto sa 2024 Paris Olympics Men’s Pole Vault; resulta ng performance ni Obiena, tumaas kumpara noong Tokyo Olympics

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00:00In the 4th place, EJ Oviena finished 4th in the Philippines in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

00:08Despite this, the improvement of the world's number 2 pole vaulter was seen

00:14from his performance in the Tokyo Olympics.

00:18Bernadette Tinoy is the center of the news.

00:22Again, he joined the 2024 Paris Olympics Men's Pole Vault Finals

00:28in the big names in the sport of pole vaulting.

00:32One of the greatest achievements of the Filipinos

00:34is the display of our pole vaulter EJ Oviena,

00:38the second best in the world.

00:41In EJ's first attempt, he quickly reached 5.50m and 5.70m,

00:48but stopped at 5.80m mark.

00:51Here, Oviena laughed at the subsequent attempts at 5.80m

00:55and went straight to 5.85m, where he cleared the so-called height level.

01:00EJ also added 5.90m in the first attempt,

01:04a reason to be counted among the leading athletes in the continuation of the tournament,

01:09along with Arman Duplantis of Sweden, American Sam Kendricks,

01:13and Emmanuel Karalis of Greece.

01:16EJ finished the nation's pole vaulting until the third attempt.

01:19In the end, the 28-year-old athlete who finished in the fourth place could not get a podium finish.

01:26Despite this, the support of the Filipinos in the pole vault star still poured,

01:30and he was grateful for the heart, effort, and dedication he put into the tournament.

01:35The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will remember EJ finishing in 11th place in the so-called sports event,

01:42while he gradually rose in the world rankings

01:45because of the medals he won from prestigious competitions in the following years,

01:51such as the Asian Games Gold Medal of 2023,

01:542nd place finish in the 2023 World Athletics Championships,

01:58and World Athletics Indoor Tour Bronze Memorial Joseph Gasparas this year.

02:03EJ has really come a long way to give glory to the country,

02:07and the Philippines has a flag to carry in the international competition.

02:11Bernadette Tinoy, for Pambansan TV in the Philippines.

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