EJ Obiena is set to host a pole vault event in Manila ... Obiena is also hoping to invite top pole vaulters like Germany's Oleg Zernikel and world record holder and gold medalist Mondo Duplantis ...

Lafayette, Louisiana-born Swede Armand "Mondo" Duplantis is in rarified air. He can win an Olympic gold medal and still be, if only for a fleeting moment, slightly disappointed with his performance.