Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2023 08:33:52 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Pole vault superstar EJ Obiena will spearhead the Philippine athletics team that will see action in the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships scheduled on Feb. 10 to 12 in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan. Obiena is once again expected to stamp his class in the event while the 16 other members of the team, including […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 09:04:43 +0000
After 13 weeks of grueling eliminations, the PATAFA Weekly Relay Series reached its climax with the holding of the finals last weekend at the Philsports Track and Field Oval supported by the Philippine Sports Commission and CELLogistics, Inc. Two days of top level competition among the best of the best in various categories (Open/Elite, Juniors […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 09:26:45 +0000
Eliminations for junior and youth athletes at the Patafa Weekly Relay Series came to a close last Sunday at the Philsports Track and Field Oval supported by the Philippine Sports Commission and CEL Logistics, Inc. The WRS finals to be held on Nov. 19 and 20 will feature the top sixteen performers in track and […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 05:20:26 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA EJ Obiena put on a fitting sequel to a record-smashing win at the 31st Southeast Asian Games by ruling the L’Aquila leg of the European City of Sports tournament in Italy over the weekend. Obiena cleared 5.83 meters in the event held in front of the medieval Basilica di Santa Maria di Collemaggio […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 06:57:59 +0000
HANOI – Christine Hallasgo capped the Philippine athletics team’s campaign in the 31st Southeast Asian Games here at the My Dihn National Stadium with a silver in the marathon. Still in contention in the final 600 meters, Hallasgo was slowed down by cramps the rest of the way but soldiered on to pull through with […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 03:27:04 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Reigning Southeast Asian Games champion Clinton Bautista scooped two gold medals Thursday to lead opening day winners in the 2022 Philippine Athletics Championships at the Philsports Complex in Pasig City. Bautista clinched the men’s 110-meter hurdles gold with a time of 14.36 seconds, beating Alvin John Vergel (14.63sec) and Van Alexander Obejas […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 05:54:24 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) Executive Board rejected the resolution declaring Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) President Philip Juico as “persona non grata” as well as the decision to suspend the association for 90 days. The development surfaced after an emergency meeting Monday, fulfilling its pronouncement following the successful mediation […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 05:54:24 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) Executive Board rejected the resolution declaring Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) President Philip Juico as “persona non grata” as well as the decision to suspend the association for 90 days. The development surfaced after an emergency meeting Monday, fulfilling its pronouncement following the successful mediation […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 22:48:09 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The much-publicized feud between the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association and its star athlete – pole vaulter EJ Obiena – was downright ugly as it borders into a character assassination. Then it became a national issue and senators excitedly dipped their hands into it – a development that was not welcomed […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 08:37:13 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) on Wednesday deferred the suspension of the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) following its General Assembly (GA). POC President Bambol Tolentino said the deferment was due to the pending outcome of the ongoing mediation between PATAFA and pole vaulter EJ Obiena, which was reportedly nearing […]
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