00:00 Pole vault star EJ Objena got his groove back despite another pole misfortune.
00:06 Objena tied for silver in the Oslo-Bislet Games in Norway,
00:10 even after one of his poles broke again on Friday, May 31, Manila time.
00:15 Fresh from a 7th place finish in the Ostrava Golden Spike in the Czech Republic
00:19 where one of his poles snapped on competition day,
00:22 Objena bounced back and cleared 5.72 meters for joint second with Greece's Emanuil Karelis.
00:28 American record holder Casey Lightfoot topped the nine-man field with 5.82 meters.
00:34 Objena pulled through in the Oslo leg of the Diamond League
00:37 after a helping hand from Lightfoot and Menno Vloon of the Netherlands.
00:41 Objena wrote on his social media accounts,
00:43 "Thanks to Vloon and Lightfoot for lending me poles to jump on.
00:47 Greatly appreciate it, gentlemen."
00:49 (upbeat music)
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