Record-breaker Ernest John Obiena spearheaded the country’s five-gold romp in the 78th Singapore Open Track and Field Championships being held at the National Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.

The 22-year-old Obiena registered 5.55 meters in the men’s pole vault to erase the two-decade old mark of 5.40m of Japanese Toshiyuki Hashioka in 1992.

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