This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Ernest John “EJ” Obiena has just broken the Philippines’ pole vault record with his silver-winning performance earlier today at the Irena Szwewinska Memorial/ Bydgosszcz Cup in Poland Obiena cleared 5.87 meters to surpass the national outdoor record of 5.85 meters which he set earlier in June in Mossingen Asia’s leading pole vaulter from the Philippines battled against athletes from 5 continents and emerged second in the event’s top 10 dominated by American and European champions The 25-year-old Filipino champion finished behind the USA’s Chris Nilsen who cleared 5.92 meters but defeated three-times world medallist Piotr Lisek of Poland and Olympic champion Thiago Braz of Brazil with whom he recently tied for gold after clearing 5.80 meters in Leverkusen Obiena is the first Filipino to qualify as a member of the Philippine delegation to the Tokyo Olympics and will campaign for the first-ever gold medal for the country EJ Obiena will next see action at the Wanda Diamond League in Stockholm SEND CONGRATULATIONS in the comments below to EJ Obiena for breaking the Philippines’ pole vault record anew with his silver finish in Poland Good News Pilipinas is celebrating its 15th Anniversary in 2021 by giving away prizes! Subscribe to our Good News Pilipinas! TV YouTube channel and enter the raffle by sending us an email to editor@goodnewspilipinas.com Join the GoodNewsPilipinas.com VIP list and get your daily dose of sunshine and Pinoy Pride Unwrap stories that put Filipino awesomeness in your life CLICK the subscribe button for our e-newsletter and turn your inbox into a fiesta of feel-good news Good News Pilipinas is a news and information website that highlights the good in the Filipino and the Philippines Filipino pole vault gold medalist Ernest John Obiena once again bagged another gold medal this time at the 2019 Jump and Fly – Baxter Meeting held in Germany Obiena jumped and recorded 5.63 meters to win the gold medal Here are the Men’s pole vault results in the 2019 Jump and Fly – Baxter Meeting: Ernest John Obiena strengthens his bid for the Qualifiers of the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan by winning various pole vault competitions He is set to next compete at the Leverkusen new story notifications and e-mail newsletters for updates on more Filipino Pride stories