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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.

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.

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.

Olympic-bound pole vaulter EJ Obiena settled for a share of fifth place in the star-studded Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de Calais at the Arena Stade Couvert in Lievin early Wednesday (Tuesday night in France).

vOlympic-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).

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.

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.

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Olympic-bound pole vaulter EJ Obiena eclipsed his own national indoor record Friday night at the Karlsruhe World Indoor Tour Meeting in Germany.

Sports all over the world drew into a standstill for most parts of 2020 due to the pandemic, but it didn’t stop Filipino athletes from excelling in their game.

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, it becomes clear that there is hope and the storm may soon vanish.

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 explosion a week earlier, little knowing that a deadly global crisis that would require more than just foregoing party funds was about to break out less than eight weeks later.

Philippine Sports Commission chairman Butch Ramirez said the foreign training of elite national athletes is a huge boost as they prepare for the Tokyo Olympics and Southeast Asian Games.

If Philippine Sports Commission chairman Butch Ramirez has the final say, he would rather choose to call off the Tokyo Games than risk the health and safety of the Filipino athletes amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Filipino athletes who have earned slots in the Tokyo Olympics this year are delighted by the government’s effort to have them vaccinated against COVID-19.

The sporting world is just one of the victims that had to be put on hold for the sake of safety against the coronavirus pandemic.

The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) is exploring the possibility of sending Olympic-bound pole vaulter EJ Obiena to Finland due to the alarming coronavirus cases in Italy.

With only two months before the year ends, Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman William Ramirez took time to pause and reconnect with current Olympics-bound athletes.