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PH Olympian profilesS: Two world champions, a top-notch pole vaulter and a promising rower
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Published July 1, 2021, 7:58 AM
Screen grab from the tournament livestream courtesy of World Athletics Youtube channel
Pole vaulter EJ Obiena shattered his own national outdoor record Wednesday (early Thursday in Manila) after settling for the silver medal in the Irena Szewinska Memorial-Bydgoszcz Cup in Poland.
Showing his readiness to the Tokyo Olympics, Obiena cleared 5.87 meters on his second attempt on his way to resetting his own outdoor mark of 5.85m established at the Jump & Fly meet in Mossingen, Germany last June 12.
The world No. 10 tried to further his record at 5.92m but failed.
United States champion Chris Nilsen, who is also seeing action in the Olympics, ruled the event with a season-best 5.92m while fellow Olympic-bound Piotr Lisek of Poland came in third with 5.82m.
Report30 Jun 2021
Anita Wlodarczyk wins in Bydgoszcz (© Pawel Skraba)
There was a storm brewing in the grey skies above Bydgoszcz on Wednesday evening (30). But it was within the confines of the Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak Stadium where the real thunder and lightning was unleashed at the Irena Szewinska Memorial meeting.
With exactly one month to go until the start of the athletics competitions at Tokyo 2020, several Olympic medal contenders flexed their competitive muscles and confirmed the threat they will pose in Japan.
The thunder came from Poland’s hammer legends Anita Wlodarczyk and Pawel Fajdek, who both posted impressive victories to reverberate across the world to their international rivals. After a long injury lay off, Wlodarczyk looks like she is warming to the task of defending the Olympic title she first won in London 2012 and retained at Rio 2016.
Clash of hammer titans due at Irena Szewińska Memorial meeting in Bydgoszcz
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