(UPDATE) AS widely expected, pole vaulter Ernest John EJ Obiena delivered the first gold medal of the Philippines in the 19th Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou, China, on Saturday.
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Philippines pole vaulter EJ Obiena cruised to gold in an Asian Games record on Saturday and then said he missed not having record-breaker Armand Duplantis to compete against.Duplantis has dominated pole vault in recent years and improved his world record to 6.23m earlier this month at the Diamond League finals.
Hosts China romped to gold in the men's and women's 100m at the Asian Games as North Korea's weightlifters scorched several world records on an action-packed Saturday.
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