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Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena at the 2025 Southeast Asian Games. POC Media

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Paige Javier

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1785986884832RM5_5289.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960" alt="Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena at the 2025 Southeast Asian Games. POC Media"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena at the 2025 Southeast Asian Games. <em>POC Media</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA – The gold rush continues for Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena in Germany.</p><p>Obiena cleared 5.83m to take home gold at the Stabhochsprung Meeting in Jockgrim, Germany on Thursday morning, Philippine time.  </p><p>The world no. 14 tried to clear 5.93m to surpass his season best of 5.85m but was unable to in three tries.  </p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2026/8/1/ej-obiena-seizes-6th-gold-of-2026-season-in-german-tilt-1533">READ: EJ Obiena seizes 6th gold of 2026 season in German tilt</a></div><p>Obiena once again beat Qatar&#x27;s Seifeldin Abdelsalam, who leaped the same height but in his third attempt.  </p><p>Pole vaulter Ersu Sasma of Turkey clinched bronze after clearing 5.77m in two tries.</p><p>&quot;5.83m for the🥇in front of a packed J-Town 🇩🇪!!! Was far from smooth competition and some struggles during warm up 🏃‍♂️and earlier bars but happy to scrape an 80 bar,&quot; Obiena wrote on his Instagram post. </p><p>&quot;We continue to work and now a few trainings in before we go again 💪&quot; he added.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-1" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbrZNSqs5Fl/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A13032547.699999928%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1077" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-1" 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><p>Obiena has won four gold medals so far in Germany this 2026 season. </p><p>He started the season by ruling the International Springer-Meeting in Cottbus, with his next triumph in Germany coming at the ISTAF Indoor Berlin in March. </p><p>Obiena recently seized gold at the Halberstädter Höhenflug – International Pole Vault Meeting in Halberstadt over the weekend. </p>

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EJ Obiena leaps to seventh gold of 2026 season in German meet

Paige Javier,

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Published August 06, 2026 11:33 AM PHT

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