The Athletics Championship in Asia 2023 took place in Kazakhstan from February 10 to February 12, 2023. This is also the first continental field event of 2023. Athletics teams in Southeast Asia considers this tournament as a valuable chance to rub before the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia in May.
However, a rare incident caused “the king of SEA Games 31” Ernest John Obiena could not participate in the No. 1 arena in the continent in Kazakhstan. According to the announcement of the Philippine Olympic Committee, small civil flights to Astana do not allow transporting tools to play in the dance subject.
Ernest John Obiena and the Philippine dance team decided not to attend the Athletics Championship in Asia 2023 because she did not want to play with the available pole of the organizers. Chairman of the Philippine Athletics Association Terry Capistrano said the whole team is still trying to cling to the situation to hope to have solutions to bring Ernest John Obiena to Kazakhstan to play.
Ernest John Obiena is holding a male dance in the house 5.91m. At the Perche En Of athletes in France a few days ago, he won the championship with a achievement of 5.82m. In the male dance, EJ is currently ranked in the third place in the world, his level has far exceeded the regional and superior range in Asia.
At the 31st SEA Games in Vietnam last May, this Filipino player easily won gold medals with a record of 5.46m. This is a new record of the SEA Games. The previous record was established by EJ at the 30th SEA Games with a pole of 5.45m.
At the Asian Athletics Tournament 2023, the Vietnam Athletics team sent 4 players to attend to check the performance before the 32nd SEA Games. General Secretary of the Vietnam Athletics Federation, Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung will lead the team to Kazakhstan on February 7, 2023 attending the tournament.
