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Philippines' Ernest John Obiena competes in the men's pole vault final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 5, 2024. Kirill Kudryavtsev, AFP

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172460274577220240805-0lympics-polevault-obiena-2-AFP.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Philippines&#x27; Ernest John Obiena competes in the men&#x27;s pole vault final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 5, 2024. Kirill Kudryavtsev, AFP"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Philippines&#x27; Ernest John Obiena competes in the men&#x27;s pole vault final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 5, 2024. <em>Kirill Kudryavtsev, AFP</em></span></span></span></div><p>Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena settled for fifth place in the Silesia Diamond League on Sunday at the Stadion Śląski in Poland, while Mondo Duplantis continued to rewrite history.</p><p>Obiena cleared both the 5.62-meters and 5.82-m marks on his first attempts, before faltering twice at 5.92-m.</p><p>He opted to skip in his final attempt to raise the mark to six meters, but also failed at that height to miss out on the podium.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/8/21/ej-obiena-takes-joint-3rd-in-lausanne-diamond-league-717">READ: EJ Obiena takes joint 3rd in Lausanne Diamond League</a></div><p>Stealing the show was Duplantis, who once again reset the world record by clearing 6.26-m in his second attempt at the height.</p><p>The 24-year-old Swedish vaulter improved by one centimeter the mark that he had set during the Paris Olympics, where he defended his gold medal.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1827738534381269478&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring&amp;sessionId=1376ed7fbb7ed7c33286ac9f656914556de4ee30&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:746px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1827738534381269478"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>Placing second was American Sam Kendricks, who cleared a season-best 6.0-m on his second try at the height. Emmanouil Karalis of Greece took bronze on countback, having needed three tries to clear six meters.</p><p>Another American, KC Lightfoot, placed fourth with a season-best of 5.92-m.</p><p>Karalis, who took bronze in Paris, set a new personal-best and a national record with his feat.</p><p>The Diamond League resumes on August 30 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/8/22/pole-vault-king-duplantis-continues-winning-ways-post-olympics-1357">READ: Pole vault king Duplantis continues winning ways post-Olympics</a></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><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/71NoOR98bik?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena settled for fifth place in the Silesia Diamond League on Sunday at the Stadion Śląski in Poland, while Mondo Duplantis continued to rewrite history.</p>

Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena settled for fifth place in the Silesia Diamond League on Sunday at the Stadion Śląski in Poland, while Mondo Duplantis continued to rewrite history.

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Obiena finishes 5th in Silesia as Duplantis resets world record

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Published August 26, 2024 12:20 AM PHT

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Updated August 26, 2024 01:13 AM PHT

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