Obiena kakayanin ang kompetisyon para sa Olympic gold
MANILA, Philippines — Aminado si national pole vaulter Ernest John Obiena na mahirap maiuwi ang kauna-unahang gintong medalya ng Pilipinas sa Olympic Games dahil sa bigat ng kompetisyon.
Ilan sa mga kaagaw ni Obiena sa Olympic gold ay sina 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics gold medalist Thiago Braz (Brazil), world-record holder at No. 1 ranked Armand Duplantis (Sweden) at 2017 at 2019 world champion Sam Kendricks (USA).
“That’s a really hard goal to achieve, but that’s the goal. That’s why I’m doing all of this, not to get second and not to get third... to win it,” sabi ng 2019 Southeast Asian Games gold medalist sa panayam ng Olympic Channel.
Bilang preparasyon sa 2021 Olympics, idaraos sa Tokyo, Japan sa Hulyo 23 hanggang Agosto 8, ay ilang bigating pole vault competitions ang sinabakan ng 6-foot-2 na si Obiena.
Apat na beses din niyang binasag ang Philippine record kung saan ang huli ay sa nilundag niyang 5.86 metro sa Orlen Cup noong Pebrero.
“If I medal the Olympics, I can’t even imagine how I’m going to react, how it’s going to feel. I just know it’s going to be amazing,” ani Obiena, sinasanay ni pole vault legendary coach Vitaly Petrov.
Maliban kay Obiena, ang iba pang mayroon nang Olympic ticket ay sina gymnast Carlos Edriel Yulo at boxers Eumir Felix Marcial, Irish Magno, Nesthy Petecio at Carlo Paalam.
Tumatarget din ng Olympic berth sina 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz (weightlifting), 2018 Asian Games gold medal winner Margielyn Didal (skateboarding), Fil-Japanese Kiyomi Watanabe (judo), Fil-Japanese Junna Tsukii (karatedo) at Fil-Ams Kristina Knott at Eric Cray (athletics).
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