Obiena's gold run ends, settles for silver in Berlin

By Frederick M. Nasiad

Sep 06, 2022 12:11 am

(UPDATED) ERNEST John 'EJ' Obiena's string of three gold medals came to a halt at the ISTAF Berlin in Germany after the Filipino Olympian bagged the silver medal in men's pole vault on Sunday, September 4.

Obiena registered his best leap of the day at 5.81 meters to place second behind Menno Vloon of The Netherlands who cleared the 5.88-meter bar for the gold.

Ernest John ‘EJ’ Obiena AFP FILE PHOTO

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