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Pole vaulter EJ Obiena posted his first win of the indoor season, winning gold at the Memorial Josip Gašparac in Osijek, Crotia.

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EJ Obiena bags first win of 2024 season

Dyan Castillejo

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<div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3llGs_oW0f/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=596&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A3863994.3000000003%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="708" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Pole vaulter EJ Obiena posted his first win of the indoor season, winning gold at the Memorial Josip Gašparac in Osijek, Crotia.</p><p>He cleared 5.83m on his first attempt to set a new meeting record and gain the first win of his 2024 season. In 2nd place is Pedro Buaró of Portugal who jumped 5.73m.</p><p>EJ will bring home a total cash prize of 1500 Euros for his win and the new record.</p><p>He also attempted to jump 5.93m, but did not clear on all 3 attempts.</p><p>In his instagram post, he mentioned that his next tournament will be the ISTAF Indoor in Berlin, Germany on February 23.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3PXzmkITQ_/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=596&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A3840807.7%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="709" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>EJ has already qualified for the Paris Olympics so these tournaments will serve as his preparation for the big day.</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HWmtipNDxeI?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Pole vaulter EJ Obiena posted his first win of the indoor season, winning gold at the Memorial Josip Gašparac in Osijek, Crotia.</p>