Obiena, Didal named PH flag-bearers for Asian Games
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Pole vaulter EJ Obiena and skateboarder Margielyn Didal – both veterans of the Tokyo Olympics – will ...
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Obiena shows readiness for Asian Games with silver finish in Oregon
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Pole vault ace EJ Obiena is not only ready for the Hangzhou Asian Games, he’s fully motivated ...
Obiena vies in Oregon ahead of Asian Games
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Pole vaulter EJ Obiena is likely to show his readiness for the coming Hangzhou 19th Asian Games ...
EJ Obiena is PH athletics best hope to end 3 decades of Asiad medal drought
Philippine athletics will be eyeing to end a three-decade medal drought in the coming Hangzhou Asian Games. National coaches Isidro ...
Duplantis misses record; EJ Obiena finishes third
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) – Shericka Jackson ran the fourth fastest ever 200m at the Brussels Diamond League on Friday but ...
EJ Obiena feels home in Germany as he wins second straight title
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA EJ Obiena sustained his fine form by bagging the NetAachen Domspringen title in Katschhof, Aachen Germany on ...
Obiena regains ‘golden’ form, rules ISTAF Berlin gold medal
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA EJ Obiena needed just two days to recover his ‘golden’ form. Putting his forgettable last-place finish in ...
EJ Obiena finishes at tail end in Zurich meet
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA EJ Obiena’s impressive podium finish came to a disappointing end, winding up dead last in the Zurich ...
EJ Obiena a cinch to win Paris Olympics medal – Tolentino
Even Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino is convinced that pole vault star Ernest John “EJ” Obiena ...
Obiena admits falling ill due to Covid prior to world championships
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The road to the historic silver medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships didn’t come easy for ...
Hot EJ Obiena bags historic silver in World Championships
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA EJ Obiena produced another historic performance after claiming the pole vault silver medal in the 2023 World ...
Obiena advances to World Championships finals with nary a trouble
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Olympian pole vaulter EJ Obiena remained on track in his bid of another podium finish in the ...
Obiena is last man standing for PH side after Brown’s exit
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Pole vault star EJ Obiena is now the last man standing for the three-man Philippine team after ...
Obiena seeks another podium at World Championships
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Philippines launches its campaign in the 2023 World Athletics Championships with Olympian pole vaulter EJ Obiena ...
Obiena beats Duplantis, but settles for silver medal in Monaco tilt
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Pole vaulter EJ Obiena beat long-time rival and world No. 1 Armand Duplantis of Sweden for the ...
Obiena improves to No. 2 in pole vault world rankings
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA EJ Obiena achieved another milestone this week after becoming the second best pole vaulter in the world. ...