Tag: #EJ Obiena
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EJ Obiena takes bronze in Poland
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.
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EJ Obiena gets big test in Poland tourney
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.
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EJ Obiena soars to new PH indoor record
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.
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EJ Obiena shares fifth place in star-studded Lievin meet
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).
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Obiena battles record-holder Duplantis, former Olympic champions in elite pole vault tilt
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).
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EJ Obiena bags second gold in Germany
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.
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Obiena rules Berlin meet, beats own PH indoor record
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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What’s Now, What’s New, What’s Next in Sports
This is part of a series of profiles on a new generation of leaders, thinkers, pioneers, 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 exponent of Philippine progress.
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Obiena shatters indoor record
Olympic-bound pole vaulter EJ Obiena eclipsed his own national indoor record Friday night at the Karlsruhe World Indoor Tour Meeting in Germany.
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Despite pandemic, the sporting world goes on
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.
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Philippine sports for the win
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.
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What 31 years of the Philippine Sports Commission mean to the country
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.
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PSC chief favors foreign training of elite PH athletes
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.
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Better to scrap Tokyo Olympics, prepare for Paris 2024, says PSC chief
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.
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Tokyo-bound athletes elated with vaccine efforts of nat’l government
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.
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A look back: Filipino athletes who excelled in 2020
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.
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EJ Obiena to Finland? PATAFA looks for training venues as virus cases explode in Italy
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.
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PSC checks in on Tokyo 2021 qualifiers
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.