00:00Oh, ito naman guys. Uy, bakit tayo may mga watawat?
00:03Ayun ako.
00:03Because another proud Pinoy moment na naman dito po sa unang hirin.
00:07At syempre dahil nakakointuhan lang naman natin ang back-to-back Asian gold medalist,
00:12EJ Objana!
00:14Let's watch this mga kapuso!
00:16Go EJ!
00:17Good morning mga kapuso. Nagbabalik po tayo syempre kasama ating very special guest ngayon umaga.
00:22The one and only, ang ating very own 4-volt star EJ Objana.
00:27Masa pakinggan ng very own Filipino Friday.
00:30Filipino Friday.
00:31Yes. You were able to clear your own record and set a new record.
00:34How was it like for you?
00:36And, you know, informing everybody that you are the back-to-back Asian Games gold medalist.
00:40Kamusta yung pakiramdam?
00:41This means a lot for me.
00:43Coming back from a medyo not so good, hindi magandang couple of years of seasons
00:49and finally healthy, be able to jump and prove to myself because I'm basically competing.
00:54When I tried to jump the record, I'm competing with the 2023 version of myself and now.
00:59After clearing 5.75 meters, can you like make a picture of it para sa mga non-athletes like us?
01:06Kung gaano ka taas at 5.75 meters?
01:09Higher than the LRT for sure.
01:10Kung kayo po ay mananakay ng LRT, for sure may idea kayo kung gaano ka taas.
01:14Yun lang naman ang pinatalo ng isang EJ Objana.
01:16So, anong pakiramdam EJ?
01:17It's a blissful moment. I think that's one of the beauties of the pole vaulting, the actual flight.
01:23So, after the bar, when you don't touch it, it stays there.
01:27It's all happy, it's all nice, it's all celebration.
01:29When you miss, you try to avoid it kasi matigas rin yun eh.
01:32So, you don't wanna land.
01:33Since alam naman ang lahat ng sumusuporta sa'yo na inaabangan lagi yung mga sinusoot mong medyas,
01:39meron ka bang special socks din for dito sa Asian Games?
01:44It's just like always choosing a sock that kinda connects to the, yeah, or it stays, it connects with Japan.
01:51I was doing a supermarket run, I saw this two fish socks, and it's like a, it's part of the
01:58castle there.
01:59I was like, okay, that might be a fun thing to do.
02:02So, the fish, parang carp ata siya, yung mount niya is like eating your shoe.
02:07Then my shoe was orange as well.
02:10So, aside sa special socks mo, meron ka bang ibang special rituals?
02:14Kasi as athletes, parang meron tayong mga good and bad omens na...
02:18I try to avoid those eh.
02:21Because sometimes, sometimes things happen and I still need to perform.
02:24So, I just try to be like, okay, whatever happens, I need to be able to jump.
02:29So, I try to avoid those.
02:30Of course, I have routines and things that I wanna do, but it's not integral for me to perform.
02:35So, ano kahalaga sa'yo yung season na to, coming from difficult 2024 and difficult 2025 season?
02:41This year, I wanted to be back in top 10 and being able to achieve that after Asian Games, getting
02:48my 10th win of the season, it's just kind of poetic.
02:52It's a, it's a perfect number to describe my season.
02:55And so, I exceeded the expectation I had for myself, was able to compete in the highest level, which I
03:03didn't think would be on cards for me this year.
03:06Especially, I just adjusted like five months ago, I guess I, I'll rate this, this year for me as a
03:1210.
03:12You know, I exceeded expectations, I was able to perform when I need to perform, I was able to do
03:17what it needs to be done.
03:18How does it feel like being a ranked athlete?
03:21It's a number out there and like, as, as I get older and more mature, I care less and less
03:28than, doesn't define me as a human being as much as it used to be.
03:31Yeah, for now, it's a number that I, I, I set out to do.
03:35But if I don't do it, it doesn't make me a lesser being.
03:38But speaking of ranking naman, we've seen your TikToks with another ranked athlete, Alex Iyala.
03:45Yeah.
03:46Oh, what TikTok?
03:47We're, we're looking forward to seeing more TikToks videos.
03:50Pero maraming natuwa, maraming natuwa na fans, interaction yun ni Alex Iyala.
03:54So ang dami na go-wonder if you guys are really friends, are you guys really close?
03:58And, uh, dinay mo rin yung sports niya na tennis.
04:00So, gusto lang naming malaman, anong feeling na makasama ang isa, sa international stage, ang isa pang mahusay na Pinoy
04:07athlete.
04:07And speaking of numbers, what's the score between?
04:10Ah, 6-0, 6-0, in five minutes?
04:14I mean, Alex is a good friend.
04:16Um, we've been competing together in, in games, Southeast Asian games, Asian games.
04:21I met her, I think, first time was like around 20, 21, 20, 22.
04:26I love tennis because I used to play, I mean, during COVID, I picked up tennis and, uh, I just,
04:32let's say, fell in love with the sport.
04:34I usually speak more with her parents and, uh, I speak with her from time to time.
04:39She asks for some advices from certain things.
04:42So, she's, how do you say it, she's a colleague, she's a good friend, like a little sister.
04:48What do you do to, to entertain yourself, to make sure that you're, you still have life outside of sports?
04:54I'm learning a little bit more to do that, um, right now, used to, I think I still is.
04:59I play a lot of tennis, um, that's like my hobby outside of, of the sport that I do.
05:05I also love driving cars, going to the track.
05:07Um, it's something that I, I enjoy and, uh, slowly, slowly understanding that it's not just like putting the foot
05:14on the pedal, like the technicalities of it.
05:16Dahil bila lang natin makasama ng isang EJ o Viana, syempre, take advantage po na to, kailangan natin magpaturo sa
05:22kanya kung paano mga hawak ng pole.
05:25Bakit nga ba sinisilip mo madalas yung...
05:27Kasi may, ano po siya, like, uh, there's a certain weight bends.
05:31So, pag mali yung hawak, weight can twist and you can burn your hand.
05:34Bro, dahil diyan, meron kaming, ano, magical hand, thank you so much.
05:37Meron kaming, ano, dito, imaginary pole ball stick, no?
05:39Nice.
05:40Kailangan mga paturo sa amin.
05:40Sure, sure, sure.
05:41So, usually, we hold it at the end, on the right hand.
05:45It's lefty ka, so, on the left.
05:46Okay.
05:46That's your, we call it the top hand.
05:48And then, you measure how far you wanna grip it.
05:51I mean, for me, I measure it, so, from my shoulders, extend my left hand.
05:56Parang ganun to.
05:57Then, kaya ko siya sinisilip, kasi I'm looking, where's the bend?
06:01The bend?
06:01Yeah, the bend.
06:02Because I wanna be able to hold it the right way.
06:05So, after that, you go like this.
06:08So, kapag nga hawak mo na siya, hindi mo siya pwede igalaw?
06:10Ideally, you don't move this one.
06:12Kasi this one, it turns naman eh.
06:13So, you run like this, actually.
06:16Then, like that.
06:17You wanna try?
06:18Ikaw muna.
06:19Joy.
06:19Yeah.
06:22Alam mo talaga, nakikita niya yung bend.
06:24You won't see it here.
06:25Next time, if we have, if we get to do it again, maybe we can bring the pole and...
06:36There you go.
06:37Magbigat, bro, yung yung stick.
06:39Five kilos.
06:40Five kilos.
06:40It's not that heavy.
06:41Pero it's heavy pag it's low.
06:43Uh-huh.
06:43Kasi like it pulls you eh.
06:45Yeah.
06:45Pwede kang feel you...
06:46So, natry mo nang maputulan ng stick?
06:48Kasi may mga napaponod na ko.
06:49Yeah.
06:50Yeah.
06:50I did it also in live TV in the Czech Republic.
06:53It became a bit of a meme.
06:55It makes my back spasso.
06:57So, I broke the pole.
06:59I was like, I was like, that's in the field.
07:00Ah.
07:01Oh, wait.
07:01Alam mo na.
07:02Alam mo na.
07:05So, alam naisip mo noon?
07:07Oh, s**t.
07:11Alam mo na.
07:19Alam mo na.
07:20So, you're gonna hit every time a certain distance as consistently as you can.
07:24It's the same with us.
07:25So, we have this pole, different flexibility.
07:27Then, usually, we say, okay, this is gonna be the my money pole.
07:30So, kung baga, you're gonna be jumping on that the most.
07:34Pinapangalan mo ba yung sticks mo?
07:36Ah, before, yes.
07:37But now, not anymore.
07:38Kasi, I mean, I have a set in Europe.
07:41I have a set in the US.
07:42So, ano huling pangalan, eh?
07:44Nung stick na makilala mo?
07:45Maya.
07:46Maya?
07:46Yes, Maya.
07:47Bakit Maya?
07:47It's like the bird, you know?
07:48Mas, ikaw, kung may papangalan akang stick, anong pangalan?
07:51Pick up.
07:52Pick up stick.
07:57Ngayon, si-testingin natin ng ganun ni EJ pagating sa pagbibigay ng mga kasabihan.
08:01Yes.
08:02Wow.
08:03Pero, gagoy yan, Joy.
08:04Siyempre, mag-sample ka muna.
08:05Bila ikaw ang reyla ng mga kasabihan.
08:07Sample mo.
08:08Para magbibigay ng EJ.
08:10Ang kasabihan natin for today, ang bata mataas ang pangarap, dapat mataas ding tumalong.
08:16So, EJ, ganun na yung gagawin mo.
08:17Magbibigay tayo ng categories.
08:19At magsasabi ka lang ng kasabihan mo patungkol dito.
08:22Una, kasabihan mo tungkol sa love life.
08:25Yeah, be content and you choose love, not love chooses you.
08:28Ganda nun?
08:29Sorry.
08:30Sorry.
08:30Ganda nun?
08:31Pang gold.
08:32Gold medalist.
08:33Gold?
08:33Gold sa akin.
08:34Ganda nun?
08:35Good.
08:35Ito na.
08:36Kasabihan mo tungkol sa pole vault.
08:39You create the energy so that you can enjoy the flight.
08:43You create the energy so you can enjoy the flight.
08:45Ang ganda.
08:47Ang ganda.
08:48I'm winning.
08:48I'm winning this.
08:49I'm winning this.
08:49Man, you're so good.
08:51Okay.
08:51Kasabihan mo tungkol sa Pilipinas.
08:53We deserve better.
08:55Yan ang tinatapos.
08:57Yan.
08:57Tama yan.
08:58Vote wisely.
08:59Tama.
09:00Pakapuso, hindi pa po dyan nagtatapos ang challenge na hinandaan namin para kay EJ o Viena.
09:04Dahil ang susunod na segment ay, Sagot or Talon.
09:07Okay.
09:08Ito ang ating mechanics.
09:09So magtatanong kami sa iyo ng mga questions.
09:12At kapag sinagot mo ang tanong, tatalon si Anjo.
09:15At kapag hindi mo naman sinagot ang tanong, ikaw ang tatalon.
09:19Hindi, ikaw.
09:19Si Anjo lang.
09:20Ikaw, di ba?
09:21Dapat siya rin, bro.
09:22Sabi mo, dapat siya rin.
09:23Alternate.
09:25Alam mo, hindi ka ligis.
09:26Wala akong magawa.
09:26Gold medalist eh.
09:27First question, bro.
09:28Sino sa mga kalaban mo sa Povolt ang ayaw mo na ulit makalaban?
09:32At bakit?
09:33Mundo Duplantis.
09:35Bro, that guy.
09:36Do I need to explain?
09:38I know.
09:39Yeah.
09:39So, hindi naisin yung i-explain.
09:40Tapalon ka nalang.
09:42Ah, ano ba?
09:43Napaka.
09:44Hindi kasi ma-abot yung kamay ko.
09:45Ah, bagoy.
09:47Pag-uusapan lang din naman.
09:48Beto siya ka pinag-uusapan natin siya kanina.
09:50Sabi mo, cute siya, di ba?
09:51Crush ko siya.
09:53Bro, bro.
09:55Hopefully, we'll bring him here.
09:57Anong message mo para kay Mundo?
09:59Congratulations on your wedding.
10:03I'm not gonna see him indoors.
10:04So, I'll see you outdoors.
10:06Ikaw, ano message mo para kay Mundo?
10:09Pakizoom, direct.
10:11Go, message mo.
10:13Ganun lang.
10:15See you soon.
10:16See you outdoors.
10:20May pagkakataon bang hindi mo sinunod ang coach mo sa training?
10:24Sagot o talon?
10:25Yes.
10:26May mga time, of course, na, you know, I'm an athlete and I've been in the sport for quite a
10:31long time.
10:31So, it's not a one direction of that.
10:34Like, coaches always is the one that's gonna tell me what to do.
10:38So, we discuss.
10:39And then sometimes, you know, we understand, okay, sometimes this is better.
10:44And the good thing is, healthy conversation.
10:47Good coaches, they ask athletes.
10:49So, yes.
10:50That's nice.
10:51Benjan, ikaw ang tatalon dyan.
10:52Let's go.
10:53Tatalon mo.
10:54Kaya ko to na.
10:59Actually, mahirap yun.
11:00Laka-hingil siya na, di ba, bro?
11:02Gold medal is approved.
11:04Next.
11:05Kumusta ang puso?
11:06Hi, J.O. Vienna.
11:07Happy.
11:08Grabe yung mga tanong natin.
11:09Happy.
11:09Happy.
11:09I'm happy.
11:10At siya, sagot niya.
11:11Tumalong ka na.
11:11Eh, ama.
11:12Eh, two questions na.
11:14Ayan.
11:15Wow.
11:15May bonus.
11:17Happy.
11:18May plano na ba kayo magpakasal ng iyong girlfriend?
11:21Wala pa, wala pa.
11:22Okay.
11:23At least that's a good answer.
11:24Okay.
11:25That's nice.
11:25Alright, you gotta jump now, bro.
11:27Talon.
11:27Sabihin na tayo.
11:28Last question.
11:28Last question.
11:29Three, go.
11:30Yeah.
11:32What's next for you, bro?
11:33Vacation, my friend.
11:34Like, I'm...
11:35Oh, yes.
11:36Yeah, you know, I'm so done.
11:38What's the plan, bro?
11:39What's for vacation?
11:40Ah, just time off.
11:42Spend time with my girlfriend.
11:44Finally be able to digest what happened this whole season.
11:48It's been a bit of a whirlwind.
11:50And focus, you know, after that, like, try to understand where I'm at.
11:53What exactly do I feel?
11:55How happy I am?
11:56Do I...
11:57You know, what I want to do in the next couple of years?
12:00It's good to have those moments to self-reflect and really digest what's happening around us.
12:06At merong regalo sa'yo, ang unang hirit.
12:09Oh, my gosh.
12:10I don't know, but please unbox this.
12:11Pakita mo sa mga kapusos.
12:13Ang alaman niya na yung pole.
12:15Pole the ball pole.
12:18Oh, okay.
12:18Jacket.
12:19Tag-ulan.
12:21Ganda, eh.
12:22Hindi kasi maraming naghahangal.
12:23Fun fuck kasi, like, pag nung bata ako, di ba?
12:26Pag umuulan, nag-ahabang ka sa unang hirit kong...
12:29Kung may paso mo, wala.
12:30Di ba, no?
12:31And you see this?
12:32It's duty time.
12:32Kaya unang hirit si EJ.
12:34You see this?
12:34Maraming salamat, EJ.
12:36Congratulations sa'yo, tag-upay pinang atleta.
12:39Maraming salamat sa pag-wawagay-way ng bandila ng Pilipinas.
12:42Congratulations on your way.
12:43So, mga kapuso, once again, the one and only, ang ating Volvo Superstar.
12:49Naku, mga kapuso, enjoy it.
12:51Bien, palapakaduloy.
12:53Mga kapuso, magbabalik po ang...
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