Obiena bounces back with gold in Berlin

By Niel Victor C. Masoy

Sep 05, 2023 12:24 am

THREE days after finishing last in the Diamond League's Zurich leg, Filipino pole vault ace Ernest John 'EJ' Obiena bounced back big time, winning the gold medal in the Istaf Berlin at the Olympiastadion in Germany Monday (Manila time).

Obiena cleared 5.92 meters in his third attempt to return to the podium after missing it in Zurich on September 1.

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