The pole vaulter became the first Filipino to win a berth to next year’s summer games by meeting the Olympic standard in Chiara, Italy. Throughout his young career, the Vitaly Petrov-trained athlete has had to make similar big, life-changing jumps. The Ukranian world record holder was then in the country…
Top 10 In the World MANILA, Philippines — Fiipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena has soared into the 10th spot of the IAAF men’s pole vault World Rankings. Fresh from clinching a berth in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Obiena moved up from his previous top 15 ranking in August. READ MORE
EJ Obiena was ecstatic being the first Filipino to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics following his performance in a tournament in Italy. Obiena cleared 5.81 meters in the men’s pole vault of Salto Con L’asta In Piazza Chiari 2019, surpassing the 5.80-meter qualifying standard. “It was nice, it was…
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 5) — Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena became the first Filipino to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Obiena qualified for the Olympics after clearing 5.81 meters in an athletics meet in Italy on Tuesday night. But with the Olympics still far from sight, the 23-year-old track star…
Filipino pole vault sensation EJ Obiena cleared 5.71 meters to win the gold medal and beat two Chinese foes on Easter Sunday in the 23rd Asian Athletics Championship in Doha, Qatar at the Khalifa stadium.In doing so, the 23-year-old Obiena set a new course record and a new Philippine mark…
Obiena takes back-to-back; NU claims first gold in return The day started bleak for the Maroons; they did not field someone in the season’s opening event: pole vault. Nonetheless, it was a solid start to the competitions. Last year’s Rookie of the Year and pole vault champion Francis Obiena rose…
Ernest John Obiena failed to clear 5.5 meters in all his three tries to bomb out of a podium finish in men’s pole vault. Seito Yamamoto booked the best numbers in pole vault with 5.60 meters. Obiena’s 5.3 meters, which he did in one try, was all that he could…
JAKARTA—A prepared and confident Philippine national athletics team — led by sprinter Eric Shauwn Cray and pole vaulter EJ Obiena — takes the track and field in the 2018 Asian Games at Gelora Bung Karno Main Complex here on Saturday. Cray and Obiena, both coming off impressive performances in recent…
MANILA, Philippines – National athletics team mainstay Ernest “EJ” Obiena surpassed the Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) record twice in 3 days from June 13 to 16 in two European competitions. In the 57th Golden Spike of Ostrava tournament held in Czech Republic, Obiena vaulted to a height of 5.45m. Three days later, the 23-year-old…
EJ Obiena believes opportunity will finally come this time when he seeks to make it to the Asian Games in Indonesia next year. Disaster struck the 22-year-old pole vaulter twice in two years as he failed to show his worth in the international stage. In 2016, he failed to compete…
