Tag: EJ Obiena

EJ Obiena shatters outdoor mark, settles for silver in Poland

By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Pole vaulter EJ Obiena settled only a silver medal…

July 1, 2021

EJ Obiena targets Olympic gold – nothing less

By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Hard as it is, pole vaulter EJ Obiena is…

March 30, 2021

EJ Obiena is also on a quest to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Photo from Obiena’s Facebook page)

Obiena just keeps on winning

Less than a week after posting a new Philippine record at the…

July 18, 2019

EJ Obiena (center) receives his gold medal in men's pole vault at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy on Friday. (Tournament website)

Obiena wins gold in Italy

The country’s top gold medal hopeful in athletics showed how ready he…

July 14, 2019

Natalie Uy competes during the pole vault event during in the 23rd Asian Athletics Championships at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha. (AFP)

Fil-Am bags bronze medal

The 24-year-old Uy whose father hails from Cebu, cleared the 4.20-meter barrier…

April 24, 2019

WINNING FORM – Filipino Ernest John Obiena clears the bar in the men’s pole vault competition on his way to setting a new Asian record in the 23rd Asian Athletics Championships at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, April 21. (AFP)

Pinoy breaks Asian record

Obiena, 23, soared to 5.71m leap to capture the gold medal and…

April 23, 2019

Tracksters vie in Doha

Patafa chief Philip Juico said Cray, the defending champion in the 400-m…

April 17, 2019

EJ Obiena (MB photo)

Obiena surpasses SEAG mark

Pole vaulter EJ Obiena boosted his preparations for the 2018 Asian Games…

June 18, 2018

sports default

Conditioning is key, says EJ Obiena

Fresh from training stints in Italy, pole vaulter EJ Obiena and marathoner…

August 17, 2017