00:00Filipino polevaulter EJ Obiena opens his 2026 season on a strong note after winning bronze
00:07at the Ice Staff in Dordusseldorf in Germany. Obiena cleared 5.65 meters to place behind
00:12Menno Vloon of the Netherlands and Sam Kendricks of the United States in the eight-man competition.
00:17Obiena is coming off what he has described as his worst year, dropping to world number 11
00:22after once ranking as highest number two behind two-time Olympic champion and world record holder
00:26Armand Duplantis of Sweden. But Obiena ended the past year in style, winning gold at his home event,
00:32the Atleta Ayala World Pool Vault Challenge, and claiming his fourth straight Southeast Asian Games title.
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