Fast Talk with Boy Abunda: EJ Obiena, paano nagsimula bilang pole vaulter? (Episode 417)

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Aired (September 4, 2024): Paano nga ba nagsimula ang third best pole vaulter in the world at Filipino athlete na si EJ Obiena sa kanyang karera? Alamin ang kanyang istorya sa video.

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00:00Our guest this afternoon is one of the top poll voters in the world.

00:14Please welcome, Olympian EJ Obiena.

00:22Thank you very much, EJ. Please.

00:25Thank you very much.

00:28How are you?

00:29I'm fine.

00:31You're not nervous, are you?

00:33Not really. Just a little.

00:36This is my first live show.

00:37Let's start here.

00:39Mom and Dad are both track and field athletes, right?

00:43Yes.

00:44You have to correct me if I'm wrong.

00:45Yes.

00:46Andrea, you started in track and field.

00:48Yes.

00:49First question, how did you get into poll voting?

00:51How did you fall in love and how did you love poll voting?

00:56When I was 3 or 4 years old, I was already with my dad.

01:01At that time, he was still an active athlete.

01:03He was still competing in Southeast Asian Games.

01:06So, as a kid, you look to your parents.

01:10You look up to your parents.

01:12So, I wanted to try it.

01:15It was like a playground for me.

01:17My parents have a video of me pulling grass.

01:22Beside the training area.

01:25Yes, beside the training area.

01:27So, that's where I grew up.

01:28Then, I got used to the facilities, hanging out with the national athletes.

01:35So, from track and field, how did you get into poll voting?

01:38My dad was a poll voting specialist.

01:41So, your mom wasn't really in track and field?

01:44Yes, my mom was hurdles.

01:46Hurdles?

01:47Yes.

01:48So, I started as a hurdler.

01:49Then, I went to poll voting because at that time, the level of competition was lower.

01:54Better chances to get a scholarship in college.

01:58So, in simple words, EJ, what is a poll vote?

02:04It's a guy jumping over a stick, I guess.

02:08It is?

02:09It is a guy using a stick, jumping over a stick.

02:11There are no women in this?

02:13There are.

02:14There are, right?

02:15Yes.

02:16Okay, wait. Do we have a sample?

02:17Yes.

02:18We do?

02:19There.

02:20So, we can understand better.

02:21So, we can understand better.

02:22You know, EJ, during the Olympics, this was the only event I watched live.

02:28And since then, I became interested in poll voting.

02:33Because it's not true, it's really beautiful.

02:35Okay, so poll voting is…

02:37Of course, this is just a sample.

02:39Yes, sir.

02:40It's not true.

02:41It's a shorter version.

02:42So, the poll…

02:43How long is the truth?

02:44It's around 5 meters… I used 520.

02:47520?

02:48So, around 17 feet.

02:4917 feet?

02:5017 feet.

02:51So, there is no rule that it should be like this?

02:54There is none.

02:55So, you can use…

02:56You can use it when you're using it?

02:57Yes, sir.

02:58Okay.

02:59Then, it also has a different flexibility.

03:00So, this is really soft.

03:01If you touch it, it will fall.

03:02It will vault.

03:03Yes, sir.

03:04So, there are things like that.

03:05Then, it's made out of fiberglass, the one I'm using.

03:06Okay.

03:07But it has different materials.

03:08It has carbon fiber.

03:09It has hybrid.

03:10Okay.

03:11So, that's it.

03:12But it has a different set of rules.

03:13So, the poll cannot be extended.

03:14It cannot be like this.

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