Pole vaulter EJ Obiena claimed his first outdoor season gold medal after topping the Czeslaw Cybulski Memorial in Poznan, Poland on Monday, June 29. The two-time Olympian cleared 5.72 meters on his second attempt to capture the title, finishing ahead of the field that included Great Britain’s...
EJ Obiena struggled in the seventh leg of the Wanda Diamond League after finishing eighth and last in Doha, Qatar on Friday, June 19. The two-time Olympian only managed to clear the bar once at 5.42 meters, failing to clear the next height at 5.62m. “Rough day at the office… The work...
Pole vaulter EJ Obiena opened his outdoor season in style after capturing the silver medal in the EUROWINGS Flight Circus event in Dusseldorf, Germany on Sunday, June 14. The two-time Olympian cleared the bar at 5.74 meters to secure the runner-up honors, finishing behind eventual champion and 2020...
SANYA, China — The Philippine athletics team is just coming off an impressive medal haul in the 6th Asian Beach Games and it’s already looking for ways to further improve its standings especially that the next edition will be held in Cebu in 2028. The Philippine Athletics Track and Field...
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...
