Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 09:34:20 +0000
Caption: Patafa’s weekly relay series attracts collegiate standouts at the PhilSports Complex in Pasig. (Patafa photo) The big boys were on the field during last Sunday’s Week 3 of the 2022 Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association’s Weekly Relay Series at the Philsports Complex in Pasig City. The Open/Elite Division designed for 20 years old […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 05:45:43 +0000
EJ Obiena continued his hot form, finishing third in the 2022 Athletissima in Lausanne, Switzerland Friday. Fresh from winning the Stabhochsprung Meeting in Jockgrim, Germany on Tuesday, Obiena soared over 5.80 meters to win the bronze. He actually finished tied for second with American Christopher Nilsen but settled for third due to count back. Prodigious […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 02:16:22 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Inspired and confident, EJ Obiena launched the second phase of his campaign of the season with a bang, ruling the Stabhochsprung Meeting over several familiar rivals in Jockgrim, Germany Tuesday, Aug. 23 (Wednesday in Manila). The national and Asian record holder bested Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Chris Nilsen by clearing the bar […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 08:16:59 +0000
It was a day for the younger set as the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association, in cooperation with the Philippine Sports Commission, held Week 2 of the Patafa Weekly Relay Series last Sunday at the Philsports Complex in Pasig. Two divisions were in the spotlight in the day’s events: under 20 and under 18 […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2022 05:27:30 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA After a much-needed break, pole vaulter EJ Obiena plunges into action again on Tuesday – the first of seven tournaments he’s scheduled to take part until mid-September. His busy schedule begins in Jockgrim, Germany for the Stabhochsprung followed by his stint in Athletissima in Lausanne, Switzerland from Aug. 25 to 26 then […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 05:31:50 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Sports icon Lydia de Vega-Mercado was laid to rest Wednesday in Meycauayan, Bulacan a week after she succumbed to breast cancer. Family and friends attended the funeral of two-time Asian sprint queen from St. Francis of Assisi Parish also in Meycauayan before being brought to Meycauayan Memorial Park (Pandayan). De Vega-Mercado battled […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 04:14:28 +0000
The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) will immortalize the late Asian Sprint Queen Lydia de Vega at the soon-to-rise POC Museum at the New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac. POC President and Tagaytay Mayor Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino made the promise to De Vega’s daughter, Stephanie Mercado-Koenigswarter, and mother Mary when he visited De Vega’s wake at […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 09:00:47 +0000
By CARLO ANOLIN Pilavullakandi Thekkeraparambil Usha, popularly known as P.T. Usha, the ultimate rival of the late Lydia de Vega-Mercado, mourned the passing of her good pal and joined the Filipino nation in grieving the loss of a sports legend. “Deeply saddened on losing my athletics counterpart, a fierce competitor and good friend Lydia de […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 07:49:50 +0000
Lydia de Vega’s imprint as a legendary athlete proved far and wide following the outpouring of condolences from sports leaders in the Southeast Asian region. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino joined the country and his fellow sports leaders in grief following the death of the former Asia’s Fastest Woman De Vega […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 07:49:50 +0000
Lydia de Vega’s imprint as a legendary athlete proved far and wide following the outpouring of condolences from sports leaders in the Southeast Asian region. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino joined the country and his fellow sports leaders in grief following the death of the former Asia’s Fastest Woman De Vega […]
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