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…
Comebacking Ernest John Obiena continued his road to recovery after breaking the Southeast Asian Games record twice in three days. First, the 22-year-old Obiena cleared a height of 5.40 meters in the men’s pole vault event of the Golden Spike of Ostrava, Czech Republic and Germany last week. His performance…
CHUAH Yu Tian marked her SEA Games debut with a silver in the women’s pole vault. The 24-year-old from Kuala Lumpur achieved a personal best of 3.80m at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil last night. Her previous best was 3.70m, set during the Malaysian Open at the same venue…
PETALING JAYA: Iskandar Alwi shattered his national record in the men’s pole vault with a height of 5.25m to win bronze at the SEA Games 2017 on Thursday. The Johor athlete improved his mark by five centimetres at the national stadium, erasing his previous record of 5.20m which he set in…
KUALA LUMPUR—Ernest John Obiena is set to compete in pole vault on Thursday despite fears that he injured his left ACL last week during training in Manila. This was confirmed by athletics chief Philip Ella Juico, who said Obiena will fly here in the morning just in time for the…
