Published February 18, 2021, 10:49 AM
Photo from EJ Obiena’s Facebook account
Pole vaulter EJ Obiena capped off his indoor season campaign with a bronze-medal finish in the prestigious Copernicus Cup 2021 at the Arena Torun in Poland early Thursday.
Obiena, one of the country’s four qualifiers to the Tokyo Olympics, vaulted 5.80 meters to settle behind two-time world champion Sam Kendricks of the United States and hometown bet Piotr Lisek.
The trio actually cleared the bar at 5.80m, but Kendricks captured the gold and Lisek the silver via countback.
All three attempted 5.87m but failed.
“Tough game, but thankful for the 5.80m jump on countback,” Obiena wrote in his social media account.
Realising he was operating at record pace, Giles cranked up the tempo for the final circuit – covered in 26.35 – and crossed the line a clear winner in 1:43.63.
Fellow Briton Jamie Webb finished second in a huge PB of 1:44.54 – also inside Coe’s previous national indoor record – to move up to ninth on the world indoor all-time list. Andreas Kramer was third in a Swedish indoor record of 1:45.09, while world indoor champion Adam Kszczot was fourth in 1:45.22 – his fastest indoor performance for seven years.
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Published February 17, 2021, 1:54 PM
File photo from EJ Obiena’s Facebook account
Olympic-bound EJ Obiena clashes anew with pole vault titans Wednesday night (Thursday morning in Manila) when he competes in the prestigious Copernicus Cup 2021 at the Arena Torun in Poland.
In a recent start list, the 25-year-old Obiena will be up against two-time world champion Sam Kendricks of the United States, reigning Olympic champion Thiago Braz of Brazil and former world champion Pawel Wojciechowski of Poland.
Also in the lineup are Polish stars, three-time world championship medalist Piotr Lisek, former European champion Robert Sobera, Russian junior athlete Matvey Volkov and American Matt Ludwig.
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