Filipino athletics star EJ Obiena says he is organizing a world-class pole-vault competition in the Philippines on September 20. He and his team are working with a European consultant to make sure that 'everything is up to standard.'
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00:00Filipino athletic star EJ Obiena says he is organizing a world-class pole vault competition
00:06in the Philippines next month.
00:08If plans push through, Filipinos will see the likes of Brice's Emmanuel Carrales, China's
00:13Huang Bokai, Germany's Oleg Zernikel, and Obiena himself competing at the Ayala Triangle
00:18Gardens in Makati on September 20.
00:21Obiena recently finished fourth in men's pole vault at the Paris Olympics.
00:25In a virtual press conference from Paris on Wednesday, August 7, he said he now has time
00:29to plan the event that's now sanctioned by World Athletics, the sport's governing body.
00:35Obiena and his team are working with a European consultant to make sure that, quote, everything
00:39is up to standard.
00:40The last time Obiena competed in the Philippines was during the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.
00:45World Athletics ranked him the world's number two in pole vault in 2023.