Filipino Olympian and pole vaulter EJ Obiena is ready to compete in a number of occasions in Asia before returning to the Philippines for the Atletang Ayala World Pole Vault Challenge.
In a social media post on Tuesday, Obiena revealed his match schedule for September 2025.
“Final swing of the season,” he wrote.
His schedule contains:
- September 7 — World Athletics Continental Tour (Beijing, China)
- September 13–15 — World Athletics Championships (Tokyo, Japan)
- September 21 — Atletang Ayala World Pole Vault Problem (Ayala Triangle, Makati Metropolis)
On the World Championships, Obiena will compete in opposition to top-tier athletes together with world file holder and Olympic gold medalist Mondo Duplantis, in addition to elite pole vaulters Emmanouil Karalis and Kurtis Marschall.
A number of different World Championship opponents, equivalent to Menno Vloon, Ersu Sasma, Thibaut Collet, Matt Ludwig, Ben Broeders, Oleg Zernikel, and Piotr Lisek, will also travel to the Philippines afterward to join the World Pole Vault Challenge.
Obiena beforehand positioned second behind Duplantis at the 2023 World Championships, and bagged bronze in 2022.
—JKC, GMA Built-in Information
