Published July 1, 2021, 7:58 AM
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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.
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Published May 1, 2021, 4:25 PM
Pole vaulter EJ Obiena (left) and weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz
With less than 100 days before the Tokyo Games, weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz and pole vaulter EJ Obiena are making the most out of their preparations to quench that thirst for the country’s first Olympic gold medal.
Diaz, silver medalist at the 2016 Rio Games, said she is intensifying her training following her stint at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Uzbekistan where she missed the podium but earned a fourth Olympic berth.
“Intensify everything kasi eto na, papalapit na. Ibubuhos ko na. Lahat naman kami we’re training for the gold medal,” said Diaz, who is back to training in Malaysia.