Photo from AFP Hidilyn Diaz is already in the country since Wednesday, but she remains glued to the television and has regularly been updating on social media on the developments with regards to the campaign of Team Philippines in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan. Diaz, the first gold medal winner...
Photo from EJ Obiena's Facebook page EJ Obiena jumped to a career-high No. 6 in the pole vault world rankings ahead of his Tokyo Olympics campaign late this month. Obiena climbed from No. 10 after successful campaigns in various international competitions where he reset his national outdoor record...
Photo from tournament's Instagram page EJ Obiena toughened up his Tokyo Olympics preparations Friday, July 2, after capturing the gold medal in the Taby Stav Gala Street Pole Vault competition in Bottnaryd, Sweden. Obiena cleared 5.80 meters on his first attempt to win via countback against...
Screen grab from tournament livestream at sportschau.de Pole vaulter EJ Obiena bolstered his Tokyo Olympics preparations on Sunday after sharing the gold medal with reigning Olympic champion Thiago Braz of Brazil in the True Athletes Classics in Leverkusen, Germany. Obiena and Braz both cleared...
EJ Obiena Consistency will be the name of the game as far as coach Emerson Obiena is concerned when his son, pole vaulter EJ Obiena, seeks a podium finish at the Tokyo Olympics next month. EJ is peaking at the moment after resetting his national record to 5.85 meters at a German outdoor tilt a few...
EJ Obiena EJ Obiena joins some fellow Olympic-bound pole vaulters including world record-holder Armand Duplantis when they compete in the FBK Games in Hengelo, Netherlands on Sunday, June 6. Obiena, 25, hopes to carry the momentum of his golden performance at the Gothenburg Grand Prix in Sweden a...
EJ Obiena (MB File Photo) Pole vaulter EJ Obiena toughened up his Tokyo Olympics preparations after capturing the gold medal in the Gothenburg Athletics Grand Prix in Gothenburg, Sweden Wednesday (early Thursday in Manila). Obiena, the first of the nine Filipino athletes who qualified to the Games,...
ABOVE THE CLOUDS Philippines' Ernest John Obiena competes in the men’s Pole Vault during the IAAF Diamond League competition on September 17, 2020 at the Olympic stadium in Rome (Andreas Solaro) Sports all over the world drew into a standstill for most parts of 2020 due to the pandemic, but it...
In this file photo, world record holder Armand Duplantis of Sweden reacts after clearing the bar in the men's pole vault final of the 24th European Athletics Championships at Olympiastadion on August 12, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images for tokyo2020.org) Sweden's...
EJ Obiena, right, shares a light moment with world record holder Armand Duplantis at the Rome Diamond League. (Screengrab from Jim Lafferty's Facebook account) Elite pole vaulters EJ Obiena and Armand Duplantis of Sweden resorted to trading jokes when the competitive atmosphere simmered down at the...
Tokyo Olympics-bound EJ Obiena hopes to make another podium finish when he competes in the Rome Diamond League Athletics on Thursday. (AFP File Photo) EJ Obiena guns for his finest performance against the best in the field on Thursday when he competes in the IAAF Rome Diamond League 2020 in Italy....
Philippines' top pole vaulter EJ Obiena strikes a pose after winning bronze in the IAAF World Diamond League Athletics Series in Monaco. (Photo from EJ Obiena's Facebook page) Olympian EJ Obiena said he needed to get used to competing without spectators after participating in his first virtual pole...
