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…
Ilagan City—After a long wait, Filipino-American pole vaulters Natalie Uy and Alyana Nicolas will finally be out to prove their worth when they compete in the coming 2019 Ayala Philippine Athletics Championships starting this Wednesday here at the Ilagan City Sports Complex. And they vow to make the most out…
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…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Cheers of victory turned to fears of a debacle when athletics chief Philip Ella Juico broke the news that gold medal potential Ernest John Obiena hurt his left knee in training in Manila on the eve of his departure for the Southeast Asian Games. The other…
