EJ Obiena touched off his Paris Olympics qualification buildup with a bronze medal in the Irena Szewinska Memorial in Bydgoszcz, Poland, feeling ready for the string of bigger meets that starts July and proud that the Philippine flag is present in the big international meets. Needing to clear 5.92 meters to make it to the 2024 Games outright, the 27-year-old Obiena vaulted 5.72 to finish third behind the United States' Chris Nilsen and the host country's Piotr Lisek. Nilsen ruled the Poland event with a 5.

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