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A teary-eyed EJ Obiena offers apologies after a painful Paris Olympics campaign that saw him fall short of a medal in pole vault.

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00:00A teary-eyed E.J. Obiena offers apologies after a painful Paris Olympics campaign that
00:06saw him fall short of a medal in pole vault.
00:09Obiena almost ended the Philippines' 88-year Olympic medal drought in athletics, but wound
00:13up placing fourth, losing the bronze to Greece's Emmanuel Karelis.
00:17Karelis and Obiena both registered 5.90 meters, but the Greek cleared each of the first five
00:22heights in a single attempt, while the Filipino committed a foul at 5.80 meters.
00:27Philippines' Armand Duplantis defended his Olympic crown by shattering his own world
00:31record with a clearance of 6.25 meters, while the USA's Sam Kendricks bagged silver with
00:375.95 meters.
00:39In a post on social media, Obiena vows to be back.
00:42He says in sports with three podium places, perhaps fourth is the harshest place to be.

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