Armand Duplantis of Sweden and EJ Obiena of the Philippines celebrate after competing in men’s pole vault final during day 8 of the 2023 World Athletics Championships on August 26, 2023 in Budapest. Photo: Vegard Grøtt / BILDBYRÅN It’s no secret that EJ Obiena has one name he should make a target if he wants … Read more
Philippines’ EJ Obiena celebrates after winning the men’s pole vault final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) EJ Obiena stirred up the crowd at the colossal Hangzhou Olympic Sports Park Main Stadium with nearly 80,000 people clapping in a single rhythm. And with one explosive vault, … Read more
Young Heroes Awardees during the 3rd Siklab Youth Sports Awards. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO MANILA, Philippines–For most, if not all, of the awardees, the 3rd Siklab Youth Sports Awards held at the Market! Market! Activity Center in Taguig City on Monday evening was a night to remember. Projected as bright prospects in their respective sport, majority of … Read more
Asian Games – Hangzhou 2022 – Athletics – Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Hangzhou, China – September 30, 2023 Philippines’ Ernest John Obiena celebrates with the Philippines flag after winning the Men’s Pole Vault Final REUTERS/Jeremy Lee President Marcos has extended his congratulations to pole vaulter EJ Obiena for bagging the first gold medal of the … Read more
EJ Obiena has yet to add an Asian Games gold to his trophy collection. —AFP And so it begins. EJ Obiena, a prime candidate for a gold medal in the pole vault competition, kicks off his national team duties by sharing the flag-bearing task for the Philippine delegation with Margielyn Didal in Saturday’s opening ceremonies … Read more
FILE– Philippines’ Ernest John Obiena . (Picture by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP) EJ Obiena duplicated his silver end on the worldwide stage on the finals of the 2023 Diamond League in Eugene, Oregon behind the record-shattering efficiency of world pole vault champion Armand “Mondo” Duplantis. Obiena, who additionally positioned second to the Swede within the … Read more
EJ Obiena, of the Philippines, reacts after a profitable try within the Males’s pole vault last in the course of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. (AP Photograph/Bernat Armangue) EJ Obiena put himself within the equation to win all of it earlier than pocketing the silver medal for an additional … Read more
Philippines’ Ernest John Obiena competes within the males’s pole vault last in the course of the thirty second Southeast Asian Video games (SEA Video games) on the Morodok Techo Nationwide stadium in Phnom Penh on Could 8, 2023. (Photograph by MOHD RASFAN / AFP) PHNOM PENH—EJ Obiena isn’t actually keen on recollecting that harrowing episode … Read more
Southeast Asian Video games – Creative Gymnastics – Olympic Marquee, Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Could 8, 2023 Philippines’ Carlos Edriel Poquiz Yulo in motion in the course of the males’s qualification REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa They flew into Cambodia with an air of invincibility. And on Monday, towards outclassed foes within the thirty second Southeast Asian (SEA) … Read more