by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Jan 14, 2020 | Good Sport
Filipino qualifiers in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Ernest John “EJ” Obiena and Carlos “Caloy” Edriel Yulo, are being given full support by the Philippines’ sports agency in their bid to win the nation’s first gold medal in the...
by Eldan Sambatyon | Jan 3, 2020 | Good Balita
As the Philippines wraps up the longest Christmas Season in the world that ends on January 6, the Feast of Epiphany, Filipinos look forward to fresh starts and new things in 2020. Filipinos are very optimistic about 2020, in fact, the Social Weather Stations survey...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Oct 2, 2019 | Good Sport
Meet Ernest John “EJ” Obiena, the 23-year-old medal hope for the Philippines at the 2020 Summer Olympics. EJ Obiena is the first Filipino to qualify for a berth in the 2020 Summer Olympics to be held in Japan. Obiena met the Olympic Standard of 5.80 meters...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Sep 19, 2019 | Good Sport
Filipino champion pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena has soared to the Top 10 of the World Rankings for Men’s Pole Vault of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), marking the first time for a Filipino to make the leaders...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Sep 4, 2019 | Good Sport
Filipino pole vault champion Ernest John “EJ” Obiena is the first Filipino qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. EJ Obiena won the gold as he cleared 5.81 meters in the Men’s Pole Vault competition of the Salto Con L’asta In Piazza Chiari 2019 in...