Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 11) — Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena has finally cleared the six-meter barrier to clinch gold in the Bergen Jump Challenge in Norway on Saturday (Manila time), shattering Asian and national pole vault records.
Obiena only needed a single try to jump over the six-meter mark to enter as the 28th member of the elite \”six-meter club.\” He is also the first Filipino and Asian to do so.
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