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Asia's best and world no. 2 EJ Obiena of the Philippines will finally plunge into action in the 2024 Paris Olympics when he struts his stuff in the men's pole vault qualification round at 4:10 p.m. on Saturday at the Stade de France. The 28-year-old ace is in Group A where he is pitted against several familiar foes like top-ranked Mondo Duplantis of Sweden, who also owns the world record of 6.
0 meters, recently revealed his physical struggles in the build-up to the Paris Games, but assured the supporters he is all ready to step on to his second straight Olympics stint. Obiena, though, is hoping for a better run this time around as back in the Tokyo Olympics just three years ago, he failed to reach the podium after finishing just at joint 11th spot with a 5.70m output.
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