Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2022 08:09:54 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Two gold and one silver medals seemed not enough to convince the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) as it excluded pole vault superstar EJ Obiena from the list that it intends to send to the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam this May. The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) disclosed this […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 09:16:25 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) wailed over the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association’s (Patafa) refusal to endorse world No. 5 pole vaulter EJ Obiena in four major international competitions, including the World Indoor Championships in Serbia later this month. Obiena, the national and Asian record holder, wrote to Patafa on Feb. […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2022 07:39:01 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino questioned the motive of Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) after the latter filed a “statement of appeal” with the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) regarding its rift with world-class pole vaulter EJ Obiena. Tolentino described the move as breaching integrity and putting […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 03:06:48 +0000
By CARLO ANOLIN It’s going to be a fighting team. That’s what Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino described the PH delegation to the Hanoi SEA Games this May. Though the PH team will be hard-pressed to repeat as overall champion just like when the country hosted the event in 2019, Tolentino […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 09:14:45 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino yesterday questioned the motive of the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) for not including Olympian pole vaulter EJ Obiena in the national team pool. Tolentino said that Obiena, who holds the national and Asian record, could easily win the gold medal at the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 06:50:42 +0000
YANQING, China — Ask Asa Miller to differentiate a fast ball from a curveball or sinker and you will get an exact answer. Miller, now on his second Winter Games appearance, spent some time behind the plate – catcher – for his Lincoln High School, one of the oldest schools in Portland, Oregon. But while […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:25:43 +0000
YANQING, China — Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino met face-to-face with alpine skier Asa Miller on Wednesday and encouraged the country’s lone representative in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics to give it his best shot. Despite a world-class field, Tolentino is hoping the 21-year-old Miller could pull off the improbable task […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 12:39:41 +0000
International Cycling Federation of the Philippines’ Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino was voted POC president over Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association’s Philip Ella Juico during a special election at the Century Park Hotel. #POC
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 23:00:28 +0000
A three-man election panel that will supervise the bid to fill up the vacated posts in the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) elections on July 28 has been put up by the Executive Board on Monday in line with a directive from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2019 21:00:22 +0000
PhilCycling president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino said competitions will be in massed start (road race), individual time trial (ITT) and team time trial (TTT) for Men and Women Elite and Junior (17-18 years old).
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