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...
One of the top officials of the National Golf Association of the Philippines (NGAP) will grace the online edition of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum this Tuesday, June 15, to discuss the major boost generated by the sport in the wake of the breakthrough triumph of Yuka Saso in...
Tokyo Olympic-bound pole vaulter Ernest John Obiena set a new Philippine outdoor record on his way to ruling the 2021 Jump & Fly meet in Mössingen, Germany on Saturday, June 12 (Manila time). EJ Obiena (AFP) Obiena cleared 5.85 meters on his third attempt to shatter his previous mark of...
Screen grab from World Athletics YouTube page EJ Obiena showed why he’s one of the best pole vaulters across the globe after clinching the silver medal behind world record holder Armand Duplantis in the prestigious FBK Games in Hengelo, Netherlands late Sunday. Obiena, who is in the final stages...
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,...
EJ Obiena Pole vaulter EJ Obiena intensifies his Tokyo Olympics preparations when he competes in the Gothenburg Athletics Grand Prix in Gothenburg, Sweden Wednesday (early Thursday in Manila). Obiena, one of the nine Filipinos bound for the Games and now ranked No. 11 in the world, will have his...
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...
