Two-time Olympian EJ Obiena finished dead last in the men’s pole vault event of the 2025 Wanda Diamond League at the Bislett Stadium in Oslo, Norway Friday, June 13 (Philippine time). After skipping 5.40 meters, the 29-year-old Obiena failed to surpass the 5.62-m height after three tries and...
EJ Obiena came up short of back-to-back podium finishes in the Silesia Diamond League to cap off a busy week at the Śląski Stadium in Chorzow, Poland on early Monday, Aug. 26. (Manila time). The 28-year-old pole vaulter soared past 5.82 meters after breezing through the first four heights...
Although it was not everything he had hoped it to be, EJ Obiena impressively made it work. EJ Obiena (AFP/File photo) After a disastrous journey in the Czech Republic, Obiena bounced back in brilliant style a few days later after bagging the silver medal in the Diamond League in Oslo, Norway...
EUGENE (AFP) -- Ethiopia's 10,000m world champion Gudaf Tsegay shattered the women's 5,000m world record on Sunday, Sept. 17, winning the Diamond League finals at Eugene, Oregon in 14min 00.21sec. Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia wins the Women's 5000m during the 2023 Prefontaine Classic and Wanda Diamond...
EUGENE (AFP) -- American Christian Coleman and Jamaica's Shericka Jackson won the men's and women's 100m at the Diamond League finals on Saturday, Sept. 16, as Noah Lyles and Sha'Carri Richardson were denied. Christian Coleman of the United States holds up the Diamond League Final trophy after...
EUGENE (AFP) -- Noah Lyles and Armand Duplantis are among the world champions aiming to end 2023 on a high note as the World Athletics Diamond League concludes in Eugene, Oregon, this weekend. Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes during the Men Pole Vault contest of the Brussels IAAF Diamond League...
BRUSSELS (AFP) -- Shericka Jackson ran the fourth fastest ever 200m at the Brussels Diamond League on Friday, Sept. 8, but the 35-year-old world record of polarizing American Florence Griffith-Joyner remains frustratingly out of reach. Jamaica's Shericka Jackson. (AFP) Jamaican sprinter Jackson,...
EJ Obiena EJ Obiena ended his Wanda Diamond League campaign with a fourth-place finish in the Final at the Weltklasse Zurich in Switzerland Thursday (Friday in Manila). The 25-year-old Olympian cleared 5.83 meters on his second attempt to prevail via countback against Tokyo Olympics silver medalist...
MB File Photo EJ Obiena competes with the world’s best pole vaulters once again in the Weltklasse Wanda Diamond League Finals on Thursday, Sept. 9, in Zurich, Switzerland. The 26-year-old Olympian earned enough tournament points to make it to the finals where he will be up against five other...
EJ Obiena EJ Obiena lost his steam in the Allianz Memorial Van Damme Wanda Diamond League in Brussels, Belgium after finishing 10 th on Friday (Saturday in Manila). Obiena, who is coming of a runner-up finish in Meeting de Paris a few days ago and a new world ranking at No. 5 , struggled by...
Screenshot from official tournament livestream channel EJ Obiena reset his own national record in men’s pole vault after finishing second behind Olympic champion Armand Duplantis in the Meeting de Paris Wanda Diamond League Saturday. Competing before a huge crowd, Obiena cleared 5.91 meters on...
MB File Photo EJ Obiena returned to action after competing in the Tokyo Olympics and finished tied for fifth place in the Athletissima Wanda Diamond League Meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland Thursday (Friday in Manila). Obiena cleared 5.52 meters in his first attempt to tie with Ethan Cormont of...
