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EJ Obiena stands with Ukraine: 'Silence never helped the oppressed or the abused'


After wearing a baller band with the colors blue and yellow, which are also the colors of the Ukraine flag, Filipino Olympian and pole vaulter EJ Obiena publicly pronounced his support for the embattled country of Ukraine.

In a social media post on Sunday, hours after finishing second and getting a new-personal best record in a French tournament, Obiena said his hearts and thoughts are with Ukraine.

"Silence never helped the oppressed or the abused," Obiena wrote in the caption of his photo wearing the blue and yellow baller band.

Obiena then cited the thoughts on Ukraine of his fellow athletes such as Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Yuliia Levchenko, and Andriy Portsenko.

Vitaliy Petrov, Obiena's coach, also hails from Ukraine.

—Justin Kenneth Carandang/JMB, GMA News

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