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COUNT on heavy hitters Ernest John Obiena and Carlos Edriel Yulo to give Philippine sports a smashing end to the first half of 2023.

Fresh from ripping his own Southeast Asian Games record, Obiena soared to even greater heights as he joined pole vault’s ultra-elite six-meter club on a sunny June afternoon in Bergen, Norway.

With one try, Obiena cracked one of the most elusive barriers in athletics en route to the gold medal of the Sparebanken Vest Bergen Jump Challenge and a place among the best pole vaulters ever.

Only 27 others have made 6.0 meters before, including greats such as Hall of Famer Sergey Bubka and reigning world and Olympic king Mondo Duplantis.

Yulo, for his part, dazzled in the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in