READ: Follow Inquirer Sports’ special coverage of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 NAGOYA, Japan —EJ Obiena slipped and fell on a rain-soaked pole vault runway during practice before recovering to win gold for the Philippines at the Asian Games 2026. Morning rain had made the runway at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium slick, and Obiena said a misstep caused the fall. The accident scraped his left arm and left visible burns hours before the men’s pole vault competition. “Some slippage. I had an accident this morning. I tripped and fell,” Obiena said, pointing to the burns on his arm. “It […]...
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