(December 2, 2020) To be the first Filipino to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics doesn't sound so bad when only 14 Filipino athletes, on average, get to participate in the olympics since the the turn of the 21st century, which is already considered elite level in the context of Philippine sports.

All the more when you're holding and shattering all the national records with nobody coming close and, at the same time, putting your country on the world map for men's pole vault, EJ Obiena has definitely made a mark that will be talked about years and decades from now. And, the fact that EJ has no plans on stopping just yet in the foreseeable future will only make his case as a once-in-a-blue-moon Filipino athlete.