(Photo : KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP through Getty Images) Philippines’ Ernest John Obiena competes within the males’s pole vault closing of the athletics occasion on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 5, 2024.
Philippines pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena vowed to return to his sport and begin coaching as quickly as potential after falling wanting a podium end on the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Obiena, who completed fourth within the males’s pole vaulting occasion on the lately concluded world video games, addressed his followers in a publish on his Instagram account. The 28-year-old athlete thanked everybody who supported him all through his journey in France, particularly his fellow Filipinos, regardless of failing to carry house a medal.
“To be loved at times like this, by the country that raised me. I am indeed blessed!! Thank you!” he wrote.
The world quantity two-ranked vaulter additionally acknowledged that regardless of his fourth-place end, one occasion doesn’t outline his price or achievements.
“I am not measured by this. I am measured by my career,” Obiena wrote, earlier than including that he’s dedicated to getting again to coaching to make his supporters “proud.”
“You are going to see more from me and see the Philippine Flag raised and raised on a global stage … Let’s get on with it!”
Obiena was a favourite to medal after a stellar efficiency within the season main as much as the Olympics. He secured gold medals on the 2023 Asian Athletics Championship and the 2023 Southeast Asian Games. He additionally gained silver on the 2023 World Championships.
As of July 23, 2024, the athlete is ranked because the world quantity two in males’s pole vaulting by the World Athletics Rankings. He follows Armand Duplantis, the Swedish vaulter who at present holds the world report at 6.25 meters (indoor) and 6.22 meters (outside).
Duplantis gained the gold in Paris, whereas USA’s Sam Kendricks secured the silver and Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis took house the bronze.
Obiena tied Karalis with a 5.90 closing clearance however the former was earlier eradicated after failing his three makes an attempt at 5.95 meters.
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