Obiena, who has already earned an Olympic berth in Paris next year, matched his own Asian record by clearing 6.00 meters to finish second behind world record holder Armand Duplantis of Sweden.
EJ Obiena displayed another historic performance after claiming the pole vault silver medal in the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Sunday, Aug. 27 .
From left, silver medallist EJ Obiena, gold medallist Sweden's Armand Duplantis, bronze medallists USA's Christopher Nilsen and Australia's Kurtis Marschall pose during the awarding ceremony at the World Athletics Championships. Duplantis retained his world title with a 6.10m clearance. The reigning Olympic champion attempted to eclipse his own world record of 6.22m but was unsuccessful.
Australian Kurtis Marschall and 2020 Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Chris Nilsen shared the bronze with identical 5.95m. Obiena’s feat surpassed his previous historic performance last year in Eugene, Oregon where he claimed bronze behind Duplantis and Nilsen.Starting at the 5.55m, only five vaulters went on to clear 5.85m: Duplantis, Obiena, Marschall, Nilsen and France’s Thibaut Collet.
Obiena, Nilsen and Collet went on to clear 5.90m while Duplantis opted not to compete at that height. Marschall failed on his first try, but skipped successfully straight to a personal best of 5.95m.Duplantis flew over the height easily, as did Obiena on his second attempt. The remaining vaulters, however, struggled, with Collet getting booted out first, followed by Marschall and Nilsen.
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