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Obiena rips 2 pole vault marks

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ERNEST John Obiena cleared 5.55 meters in men’s pole vault and broke two records on Day 2 of the 78th Singapore Open Athletics’ meet at the Singapore National Stadium.

Obiena first set a new Southeast Asian record when he went past the 5.40-meter mark of Toshiyuki Hashioka set in 1992, according to the official results released by organizers on their website.

His feat was also better than the 5.5 meters, which he did during the recent National Open in Pasig,

This moved him closer to the 5.7-meter qualifying standard of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

He will make an attempt to make it to Rio once again when he joins the Taipei Open from May 22 to 26.

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Chia Hsieh of Taipei took the silver in 5.1 meters, while SEA Games bronze medallist Iskandar Alwi had 5.0 meters for the bronze.

Another Filipino, Adel Valdeanas, joined eapt 5.4 meters for fifth place.

Obiena’s sister Emily took the bronze in the women’s division with a 3.4-meter feat, considered a new national junior record.

SEA Games bronze medallist Riezel Buenaventura took 6th in 3.4 meters.

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