Pole vaulter EJ Obiena shattered his own national outdoor record Wednesday (early Thursday in Manila) after settling for the silver medal in the Irena Szewinska Memorial-Bydgoszcz Cup in Poland.
Showing his readiness to the Tokyo Olympics, Obiena cleared 5.87 meters on his second attempt on his way to resetting his own outdoor mark of 5.85m established at the Jump & Fly meet in Mossingen, Germany last June 12.
The world No. 10 tried to further his record at 5.92m but failed.
United States champion Chris Nilsen, who is also seeing action in the Olympics, ruled the event with a season-best 5.92m while fellow Olympic-bound Piotr Lisek of Poland came in third with 5.82m.
The tournament drew 10 athletes that included reigning Olympic champion Thiago Braz of Brazil, who settled for fourth with a season-best 5.82m, and former world champion Pawel Wojciechowski of Poland, who came in eighth with 5.50m.
Obiena is expected to make his last stop at the Bauhaus-Galan in Stockholm, Sweden that is part of the Wanda Diamond League meeting.