Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Butch Ramirez, left, and Philippine Olympic Committee President Bambol Tolentino (MB Photo / PNA Photo) The national government has granted the request for national team athletes to get their vaccines for COVID-19 as the Inter-Agency Task Force elevated the...
Pole vaulter EJ Obiena (left) and weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz With less than 100 days before the Tokyo Games, weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz and pole vaulter EJ Obiena are making the most out of their preparations to quench that thirst for the country’s first Olympic gold medal. Diaz, silver medalist at...
Olympic-bound athlete EJ Obiena joined the 65th anniversary celebration of the Japan-Philippines Friendship in a short video message posted at the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines’ Facebook page late Wednesday, April 14. “Hi, I’m Ernest John Obiena. I’m gonna be competing in the Summer...
EJ Obiena celebrates after winning the gold medal during the 30th Southeast Asian Games at the New Clark City. (Photo from AFP) Pole vaulter EJ Obiena eyes no less than the gold medal in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. In an interview with the Olympic Channel, Obiena vowed to do his best to clinch that...
Philippine Football Federation president Nonong Araneta (Photo by Jonas Terrado) Nonong Araneta hopes the quality of Olympic qualifiers and aspirants would translate to a podium finish in the 2021 Tokyo Games scheduled July 23 to Aug. 8. Araneta, the country’s chief of mission to the Games, is...
Photo from EJ Obiena's Facebook account Pole vaulter EJ Obiena capped off his indoor season campaign with a bronze-medal finish in the prestigious Copernicus Cup 2021 at the Arena Torun in Poland early Thursday. Obiena, one of the country’s four qualifiers to the Tokyo Olympics, vaulted 5.80...
File photo from EJ Obiena's Facebook account Olympic-bound EJ Obiena clashes anew with pole vault titans Wednesday night (Thursday morning in Manila) when he competes in the prestigious Copernicus Cup 2021 at the Arena Torun in Poland. In a recent start list, the 25-year-old Obiena will be up...
Photo from AFP Olympic-bound pole vaulter EJ Obiena posted his best performance to date by eclipsing his national indoor record in the Orlen Cup Lodz at the Atlas Arena in Poland early Saturday, Feb. 13. Obiena cleared 5.86 meters on his third attempt, surpassing his previous indoor mark of 5.80m...
Philippine's Ernest John Obiena reacts during the Pole Vault Men competition of the ISTAF INDOOR (Internationales Stadionfest) international athletics meeting on February 5, 2021 in Berlin. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / POOL / AFP) Olympic-bound pole vaulter EJ Obiena settled for a share of fifth...
EJ Obiena (TED ALJIBE / AFP) Olympic-bound pole vaulter EJ Obiena will be put into test when he goes up against the cream of the crop in the prestigious Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de Calais at the Arena Stade Couvert in Lievin early Wednesday (Tuesday night in France). In the start list released...
Photo from ISTAF Indoor's Instagram account Olympic-bound pole vaulter EJ Obiena captured another gold medal in over a day after ruling the PSD Bank Indoor Meeting in Dortmund, Germany Sunday night, Feb. 7. The 25-year-old Filipino prevailed over German Oleg Zernikel in a jumpoff at 5.68m after...
Photo from the tournament's official Instagram page A week after shattering his national indoor record, Olympic-bound pole vaulter EJ Obiena reset his own mark at the ISTAF Indoor Berlin 2021 tournament at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Germany early Saturday. Obiena cleared 5.80 meters on his first...
