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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:760px;display:block"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1769648831088viber_image_2026-01-29_08-52-04-030.jpg" style="width:760px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>springermeeting_cottbus/Instagram </em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Filipino Olympic pole vaulter EJ Obiena is gaining steam in the indoor season, as he hit two birds with one stone in a Germany meet. </p><p>Obiena struck gold after leaping to 5.77m at the International Springer-Meeting held at the Lausitz Arena in Cottbus on Thursday, Manila time.</p><p>Menno Vloon of the Netherlands likewise cleared the same height of 5.7mm.</p><p>According to the meet&#x27;s website, a jump-off was supposed to decide the winner between Obiena and Vloon.</p><p>However, officials decided to declare two winners after Obiena and Vloon both failed to clear 5.84m with the same number of attempts.</p><p>This marked the first time in history that two athletes shared the top spot in Cottbus.</p><p>The golden leap comes after Obiena clinched bronze at the 6th ISTAF Indoor Dusseldorf earlier this week. </p><p>&quot;First win 🥇 of the season with a new season’s best of 5.77m. Brick by brick 🧱 we build. Thank you @springermeeting_cottbus and the amazing crowd for making this evening one to remember,&quot; Obiena wrote on his Instagram. </p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUEmW0VjN6Q/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=982&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A568012%2C%22ls%22%3A567265%2C%22le%22%3A567963%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="481" 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="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>In his post, Obiena shared a video of his successful attempt, in which he leaped to an OPM classic, delighting the crowd.</p><p>&quot;Brought one of my childhood 🇵🇭 beats (mga kantahan sa jeep) here in Cottbus 🇩🇪 and got the crowd vibing to @parokyaniedgar,&quot; he said.</p><p>American pole vaulter and defending champion Sam Kendricks finished third after clearing 5.77m within three attempts.</p><div><br style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"/></div><div> </div><div><br style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"/></div>

<p>Filipino Olympic pole vaulter EJ Obiena struck gold after leaping to 5.77m at the International Springer-Meeting held at the Lausitz Arena in Cottbus. </p>

Filipino Olympic pole vaulter EJ Obiena struck gold after leaping to 5.77m at the International Springer-Meeting held at the Lausitz Arena in Cottbus.

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EJ Obiena leaps to gold, new season best in Germany meet

Paige Javier,

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Published January 29, 2026 09:08 AM PHT

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