EJ Obiena misses podium in men’s pole vault
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EJ Obiena fouled out of contention in the ongoing men’s pole vault final Tuesday night in the Tokyo Olympics at the Olympic Track Stadium.
Obiena finished with 5.70 meters after missing all three attempts at 5.80m.
The Filipino world No. 6 actually had another chance at his third attempt when he argued that the uprights were moving and the time was still running down.
But he failed to convert that second-chance attempt to advance to the next height.
As of this writing, five other athletes were already out of competition: Germany’s Oleg Zernikel (5.70m), Turkey’s Ersu Sasma (5.70m), Netherland’s Menno Vloon (5.70m) and Australia’s Kurtis Marschall (5.55m).
Still in contention are reigning Olympic champion and record holder Thiago Braz, world record holder Armand Duplantis of Sweden, 2016 Rio Games silver medalist Renaud Lavillenie of France, Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis, Poland’s Piotr Lisek, United States’ Chris Nilsen and Great Britain’s Harry Coppell.
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