Filipino Olympian pole vaulter Ernest John 'EJ' Obiena is the country's best bet to break a podium curse in the upcoming Asian Games, according to national coaches Isidro del Prado and Dario De Rosas.
The 27-year-old, who had won medals in several events this track season, including a silver medal in the World Athletics Championships in Hungary, is currently the world number two in pole vaulting, and the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association is pinning their hopes on him.'EJ is our best hope for gold in the pole vault,' Del Prado said in Filipino during the Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum at the Rizal Memorial Stadium on Tuesday.
We hope to clinch a medal,' De Rosas, coach of long jumper Janry Ubas, triple jumper Ronnie Malipay and heptathlete Sarah Dequinan, said. 'Hopefully, [Ubas] can get it again [in the long jump], we hope to get a bronze medal.'The quartet of Umajesty Williams, Frederick Ramirez, Joyme Squita, and Michael Carlo Del Prado, who is also Isidro's son, are expected to run in the Asiad in the 4x400 meter relay.
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