Fast Talk with Boy Abunda: EJ Obiena, paano nagsimula bilang pole vaulter? (Episode 417)
Aired (September 4, 2024): Paano nga ba nagsimula ang third best pole vaulter in the world at Filipino athlete na si EJ Obiena sa kanyang karera? Alamin ang kanyang istorya sa video.
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00:00Our guest this afternoon is one of the top poll voters in the world.
00:14Please welcome, Olympian EJ Obiena.
00:22Thank you very much, EJ. Please.
00:25Thank you very much.
00:28How are you?
00:29I'm fine.
00:31You're not nervous, are you?
00:33Not really. Just a little.
00:36This is my first live show.
00:37Let's start here.
00:39Mom and Dad are both track and field athletes, right?
00:43Yes.
00:44You have to correct me if I'm wrong.
00:45Yes.
00:46Andrea, you started in track and field.
00:48Yes.
00:49First question, how did you get into poll voting?
00:51How did you fall in love and how did you love poll voting?
00:56When I was 3 or 4 years old, I was already with my dad.
01:01At that time, he was still an active athlete.
01:03He was still competing in Southeast Asian Games.
01:06So, as a kid, you look to your parents.
01:10You look up to your parents.
01:12So, I wanted to try it.
01:15It was like a playground for me.
01:17My parents have a video of me pulling grass.
01:22Beside the training area.
01:25Yes, beside the training area.
01:27So, that's where I grew up.
01:28Then, I got used to the facilities, hanging out with the national athletes.
01:35So, from track and field, how did you get into poll voting?
01:38My dad was a poll voting specialist.
01:41So, your mom wasn't really in track and field?
01:44Yes, my mom was hurdles.
01:46Hurdles?
01:47Yes.
01:48So, I started as a hurdler.
01:49Then, I went to poll voting because at that time, the level of competition was lower.
01:54Better chances to get a scholarship in college.
01:58So, in simple words, EJ, what is a poll vote?
02:04It's a guy jumping over a stick, I guess.
02:08It is?
02:09It is a guy using a stick, jumping over a stick.
02:11There are no women in this?
02:13There are.
02:14There are, right?
02:15Yes.
02:16Okay, wait. Do we have a sample?
02:17Yes.
02:18We do?
02:19There.
02:20So, we can understand better.
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02:22You know, EJ, during the Olympics, this was the only event I watched live.
02:28And since then, I became interested in poll voting.
02:33Because it's not true, it's really beautiful.
02:35Okay, so poll voting is…
02:37Of course, this is just a sample.
02:39Yes, sir.
02:40It's not true.
02:41It's a shorter version.
02:42So, the poll…
02:43How long is the truth?
02:44It's around 5 meters… I used 520.
02:47520?
02:48So, around 17 feet.
02:4917 feet?
02:5017 feet.
02:51So, there is no rule that it should be like this?
02:54There is none.
02:55So, you can use…
02:56You can use it when you're using it?
02:57Yes, sir.
02:58Okay.
02:59Then, it also has a different flexibility.
03:00So, this is really soft.
03:01If you touch it, it will fall.
03:02It will vault.
03:03Yes, sir.
03:04So, there are things like that.
03:05Then, it's made out of fiberglass, the one I'm using.
03:06Okay.
03:07But it has different materials.
03:08It has carbon fiber.
03:09It has hybrid.
03:10Okay.
03:11So, that's it.
03:12But it has a different set of rules.
03:13So, the poll cannot be extended.
03:14It cannot be like this.
03:15Okay.
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