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Hoping to inspire his students to aspire to great heights, a public school teacher in Cabanatuan City has named his Grade 8 class after the Asian Games’ pole vault gold medalist EJ Obiena.
“I have long believed that there is more to pole vaulting than the sport itself. There is more to basketball than the game itself. Sport transcends sport and can be a nation-building tool,” said the 27-year-old Obiena who captured the gold in the Hangzhou Asian Games with his record leap of 5.75 meters, which he further smashed at 5.9.
“Because of this, beyond the press stories and gold medals, chat messages from kababayans matter most to me. I am helping build a nation. And this matters most,” added Obiena, currently ranked no. 2 in the world behind Swedish-American Armand Duplantis.
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