EJ Obiena sorry for missed chance at Olympic medal: 'Sports is beautiful but brutal'

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A teary-eyed EJ Obiena offers apologies after a painful Paris Olympics campaign that saw him fall short of a medal in pole vault.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/sports/ej-obiena-sorry-missed-chance-medal-paris-olympics-2024/

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00:00A teary-eyed E.J. Obiena offers apologies after a painful Paris Olympics campaign that

00:06saw him fall short of a medal in pole vault.

00:09Obiena almost ended the Philippines' 88-year Olympic medal drought in athletics, but wound

00:13up placing fourth, losing the bronze to Greece's Emmanuel Karelis.

00:17Karelis and Obiena both registered 5.90 meters, but the Greek cleared each of the first five

00:22heights in a single attempt, while the Filipino committed a foul at 5.80 meters.

00:27Philippines' Armand Duplantis defended his Olympic crown by shattering his own world

00:31record with a clearance of 6.25 meters, while the USA's Sam Kendricks bagged silver with

00:375.95 meters.

00:39In a post on social media, Obiena vows to be back.

00:42He says in sports with three podium places, perhaps fourth is the harshest place to be.

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