Asian Game champion pole vaulter EJ Obiena thanked his supporters for backing him up in his bid to become one of the world's best.
During his homecoming in his alma mater Chiang Kai-shek College, where he spent his elementary and high school years, he credited the sports heroes that came before him.De Vega, who last won the country's gold in athletics 37 years ago before Obiena's title conquest in Hangzhou, was his source of inspiration and motivation to succeed.“I probably wouldn't have been so focused on winning if we didn't have the Asian sprint queen in Lydia de Vega.
De Vega, who was one of the most beloved sports icons of the Philippines, passed away last year due to cancer.
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