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Published February 17, 2021, 1:54 PM File photo from EJ Obiena’s Facebook account Olympic-bound EJ Obiena clashes anew with pole vault titans Wednesday night (Thursday morning in Manila) when he competes in the prestigious Copernicus Cup 2021 at the Arena Torun in Poland. In a recent start list, the 25-year-old Obiena will be up against two-time world champion Sam Kendricks of the United States, reigning Olympic champion Thiago Braz of Brazil and former world champion Pawel Wojciechowski of Poland. Also in the lineup are Polish stars, three-time world championship medalist Piotr Lisek, for...

EJ Obiena rips Philippine indoor pole vault record again Pole vaulter EJ Obiena continues to reset the Philippines' best marks after surpassing the indoor Philippine record once again on Saturday. Obiena soared to his new personal best of 5.86 meters in the Orlen Indoor Cup 2021 at the Atlas Arena in Poland, which netted him a silver medal finish. It is six centimeters better to the previous record of 5.80m he set one week ago. It is the third time in less than a month the pole vaulter has set a new Philippine record in the indoor event. He first did it in late January.

Published February 8, 2021, 12:39 PM Photo from ISTAF Indoor’s Instagram account Olympic-bound pole vaulter EJ Obiena captured another gold medal in over a day after ruling the PSD Bank Indoor Meeting in Dortmund, Germany Sunday night, Feb. 7. The 25-year-old Filipino prevailed over German Oleg Zernikel in a jumpoff at 5.68m after both posted 5.65m on their first attempt in the seven-man competition. German Torben Blech also posted 5.65m, but settled for bronze after making it on his third attempt. Despite Obiena’s golden feat, it was a few centimeters lower than his performance at the ...

Monday, 8 February 2021 The poker players of men’s pole vault, where the stakes are already sky high this year, are set to play it again in the northern French city of Liévin tomorrow in the third of this season’s World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meetings. Five 6.00 metres-plus vaulters will gather at the Arena Stade Couvert, including the two men who have been seeing and raising each other’s efforts in the space of the last few weeks - France’s very own Renaud Lavillenie and Mondo Duplantis, the 21-year-old who succeeded him as world record holder last year.

Brazil is a country that is famous for its sporting prowess in many different disciplines, including jujitsu, soccer, and both indoor and beach volleyball. It’s no surprise then, that they have many athletes of note. Here we bring you some that have been crushing it this past few years so that hopefully you can keep an eye on them in the upcoming Olympics. As always, we will try to stray away from the more popular sports so that you get to know some of the more low-profile champions.  Alison Cerutti - Beach Volleyball Currently ranked third in the world by the FIVB,