EJ Obiena will not compete in the World Athletics Indoor Championships set March 18 to 20 in Belgrade, Serbia, the elite pole vaulter announced Saturday, March 12, in a social media post. EJ Obiena (Photo from EJ Obiena's Facebook page) Obiena, through a post on his official Facebook post, bared...
The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) has included Olympian pole vaulter EJ Obiena on the country’s entry by names list that will be submitted to the organizers of the 31st Southeast Asian Games set in Hanoi, Vietnam in May. MB File Photo The development came after Obiena’s ongoing rift with...
Senator Pia Cayetano on Wednesday said she is convinced that the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) has lost all moral authority to lead the institution for excluding Ernest John “EJ” Obiena—a reigning pole vaulter—from its master list of athletes for the Southeast...
Reigning pole vault champion EJ Obiena was not included in the list of athletes the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) intends to send to the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam this May. EJ Obiena The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) disclosed this Tuesday...
EJ Obiena dedicates his latest feat to Ukraine, a country that is currently in conflict with Russia. Photo from EJ Obiena's Facebook page “My heart and thoughts are with you,” Obiena wrote on his Facebook post, accompanying it with an emoji of the Ukrainian flag. “Silence never helped the...
File photo from EJ Obiena's Facebook account EJ Obiena showed why he’s the best pole vaulter in Asia after clinching the silver medal in the Perch Elite Tour in Rouen, France late Saturday (Sunday in Manila). The 26-year-old posted a season-best 5.91 meters for the feat to finish behind 2020...
‘’Wow, PATAFA, your actions demonstrate the worst of Philippine sports!’’ This was the unfiltered reaction of Senator Pia Cayetano to the refusal by the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) to endorse EJ Obiena in four major international meets this year. ‘’Talagang...
File Photo from EJ Obiena's Facebook account EJ Obiena resumes his indoor pole vault campaign when he competes in the Perche Elite Tour at the Complexe Kindarena in Rouen, France on Saturday. This would be Obiena’s first tournament this month after battling in five events last February where he...
MB File Photo The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) slammed the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PatafA) for refusing to endorse world No. 5 pole vaulter EJ Obiena in four major international competitions including the World Indoor Championships in Serbia later this month. Obiena,...
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino questioned the motive of Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) after the latter filed a “statement of appeal” with the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) regarding its rift with world-class pole vaulter EJ...
EJ Obiena, left, and Ukrainian coach Vitaly Petrov Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino questioned Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) regarding the exclusion of Olympian pole vaulter EJ Obiena from the national team pool. Tolentino said that Obiena,...
Photo from Orlen Copernicus Cup Facebook page Olympian pole vaulter EJ Obiena matched his season-best performance to rule the Orlen Copernicus Cup in Torun, Poland on Tuesday (early Wednesday in Manila). The national and Asian record holder vaulted 5.81 meters on his last attempt to dominate the...
