EJ Obiena gets third place again after going over 5.90 meters at the 62nd Ostrava Golden Spike in the Czech Republic early Wednesday (Manila time).
Obiena got over the height in two tries to get within the top three in the 10-man tournament, which is part of the World Athletics Continental Tour.
World champion Armand Duplantis of Sweden ruled the Czech meet after leaping 6.12m while Australia’s Kurtis Marschall took second place via count back despite also posting 5.90m.
Piotir Lisek of Poland and Norway’s Pal Haugen Lillefose were tied for fourth after going over the bar at 5.70m.
Despite both posting 5.60m, France’s Thiabut Collet took sixth place over Emmanouil Karalis of Greece due to countback.
Norwegian pole vaulter Simon Guttormsen took eighth place with 5.40m while hometown bet David Holy got 5.20m for ninth place.
Norway’s Dan Barta was tenth due to count back despite also getting 5.20m.
