LOOKING to bounce back from a medal-less campaign at the Paris Olympics, Ernest John "EJ" Obiena resumes his outdoor season campaign at the Wanda Diamond League Lausanne leg in Switzerland Thursday midnight, August 22 (Manila time).

The world No. 3 pole vaulter from the Philippines competes in the 11-man field that includes back-to-back Olympic champ and world No. 1 Armand "Mondo" Duplantis, who established a new Olympic and world record of 6.25-meter clearance in Paris.

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