Two-time Summer Games pole vaulter EJ Obiena brought an Olympic vibe to an already electric atmosphere inside the University of Santo Tomas campus after marking the start of the UAAP Season 88 Friday evening, Sept. 19. In front of thousands of UST students and faculty members as well as spectators...
Veteran hurdler Robyn Brown gave her all but fell short in the heats of the 2025 World Championship at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo Monday, Sept. 15. Running against decorated hurdler Femke Bol of the Netherlands, Brown shrugged off the pressure but eventually ran out of gas as she settled...
Two-time Olympian EJ Obiena faltered in his fourth World Championship appearance after failing to qualify for the finals of the men’s pole vault event at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo Saturday, Sept. 13. The 29-year-old Obiena skipped the 5-meter bar before soaring past 5.55m on his first...
Two-time Olympic pole vaulter EJ Obiena and hurdler Robyn Brown chase glory in the 2025 World Athletics Championships at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo starting Saturday, Sept. 13. A silver medalist in 2023 Budapest edition with his personal-best 6-meter clearance, Obiena, 29, seeks to secure...
World No. 7 Menno Vloon of the Netherlands headlines the first wave of confirmed athletes who will participate in the Atletang Ayala World Pole Vault Challenge next month in Makati City. The competition revealed the names of the world-class players through Make it Makati’s social media page, with...
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...
