Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:45:16 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Pole vaulter EJ Obiena and the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) have finally agreed to mediation following Monday’s online Senate inquiry. The development – which many believed is good for both parties – came after Obiena and Patafa presented their cases to a number of Senate and sports officials for […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2022 05:30:16 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA EJ Obiena put his bitter spat with his former association – the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) – behind and finished fourth in the star-studded ISTAF Indoor Berlin tournament in Germany Friday (early Saturday in Manila). The national and Asian record-holder, who is yet to recover fully well from a […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 22:55:02 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Pole vaulter EJ Obiena returns to competition Friday amid his unsettled row with the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) by seeing action in the ISTAF Indoor Berlin tournament in Germany. The competition is the first in Obiena’s indoor season calendar as he is also scheduled to compete in four more […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 22:00:37 +0000
Less than a week after posting a new Philippine record at the 2019 Universiade Games, Obiena cleared the 5.55-meter barrier to beat out Theodo Chrysanthopoulos of Greece (5.30m) and Argentina’s German Chiaraviglio (5.30m).
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 16:00:05 +0000
The country’s top gold medal hopeful in athletics showed how ready he is for the biennial meet as he won the gold medal in the 2019 Summer Universiade in record-breaking fashion on Friday in Naples, Italy.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 15:29:10 +0000
The 24-year-old Uy whose father hails from Cebu, cleared the 4.20-meter barrier to finish third behind eventual champion Ling Li and Xu Huiqin – both from China.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 17:00:29 +0000
Obiena, 23, soared to 5.71m leap to capture the gold medal and broke the 5.70m mark of Kazakhstan’s Grigoriy Yegorov set during the 1993 edition held in Manila.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 18:00:28 +0000
Patafa chief Philip Juico said Cray, the defending champion in the 400-m hurdles, will be joined by the likes of Kristina Knott (200 meters), EJ Obiena (pole vault) and a 4×100 crew spiked by Cray.
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Pole vaulter EJ Obiena boosted his preparations for the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia this August after eclipsing the Southeast Asian Games record twice in one week in separate tournaments in Europe.