Filipino athlete unfortunately misses out on a medal in Olympic athletics.
Báo Dân trí•19/11/2024
(Dan Tri Newspaper) - Filipino athlete EJ Obiena unfortunately lost a prestigious medal in athletics due to a tie-breaking criterion.
In the men's pole vault final in athletics, held this morning (August 6th, Vietnam time), athlete Obiena cleared the bar at 5.90m.
Obiena (Philippines) nearly won the bronze medal in the men's pole vault (Photo: Getty).
Obiena had the same performance as Emmanouil Karalis (Greece). However, the Filipino athlete lost the bronze medal to his opponent due to an inferior tie-breaking score. Specifically, EJ Obiena needed more jumps than his opponent to clear the bar. This prevented him from winning the Olympic bronze medal, despite being very close to the prestigious title.
The Filipino athlete was behind her opponent on tie-breaking criteria (Photo: Getty).
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Athletics, often dubbed the "queen" of sports , is the most captivating, fundamental, and prestigious discipline in the Olympic movement. Winning medals in athletics is far more difficult for Southeast Asian athletes than winning medals in badminton, boxing, taekwondo, table tennis, or weightlifting. This is because athletics doesn't have weight classes or lighter weight categories for Southeast Asian athletes to target, thus avoiding larger, more muscular athletes from the West. Therefore, not many Southeast Asian athletes have won medals in athletics throughout the history of the Olympic Games. The gold medalist in the men's pole vault this morning was Armand Duplantis (Sweden) with a performance of 6.25 meters. The silver medalist was Sam Kendricks (USA) with a performance of 5.95 meters.
Báo Dân trí•19/11/2024
