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...
This is part of a series of profiles on a new generation of leaders, thinkers, creators, innovators, and trailblazers across many fields in the country. The list is drawn under the theme “What’s Now, What’s New, What’s Next” in celebration of Manila Bulletin’s 121st anniversary as an...
Olympic-bound pole vaulter EJ Obiena eclipsed his own national indoor record early Saturday at the Karlsruhe World Indoor Tour Meeting in Germany. Obiena cleared 5.62 meters to finish fifth in the field of 10 athletes, surpassing his PH mark of 5.43m he posted at the 18 th International Pole...
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...
Moving forward By Ramon Rafael Bonilla The coronavirus spares no one, and the contagion that has kept us wondering and wishing for the end of this dark road has only gotten potent, no thanks to a new variant that is as savage but more infectious. As the world thirsts for the dose of invincibility,...
Shunning fanfare for charity, the Philippine Sports Commission, on January 24, 2020 —30 years after the Eighth Congress created and established Republic Act No. 6847 known as the PSC Act — celebrated three decades of existence by donating its anniversary budget to victims of the Taal Volcano...
