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Alex Eala and EJ Obiena also held a friendly tennis rally in Japan before the awards ceremony.
Filipino athletes Alex Eala https://www.gmanetwork.com/lifestyle/news/139238/alex-eala-finishes-asian-games-run-with-bronze/story and EJ Obiena https://www.gmanetwork.com/lifestyle/news/139131/ej-obiena-clinches-gold-sets-new-asian-games-pole-vault-record/story team up for a funny TikTok video at the Asian Games in Japan Made the public happy by making it.
The Filipino tennis star took to his TikTok account to share a video of himself and champion pole vaulter lip-syncing to the song “Akala” by Parokya ni Edgar.
Alex and EJ then showed off their respective Asian Games medals in the latter half of the video.
“With the goat,” Alex wrote in the caption and tagged EJ’s account.
@alex.eala With Goat🇵🇭 @EJ Obiena ♬ Akala – Parokya Ni Edgar
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Chito Miranda, lead singer of Parokya ni Edgar, also reposted the video on his Facebook page.
In the caption, Chito said, “Nazing kilig song yung “akala” haha! Joke lang, mga idol! Congratulations, and mahal namin kayo!”
Meanwhile, the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) shared a video of EJ and Alex from a friendly tennis rally in Japan a few days ago on their social media pages.
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Alex won a bronze medal in the women’s singles tennis tournament at this year’s Asian Games, while EJ won a gold medal in the men’s pole vault event.
The Olympic pole vaulter also set a new record in the men’s pole vault event by clearing a distance of 5.91 meters.
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