Going up against the formidable Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis, EJ Obiena narrowly missed a podium finish in Paris. The world no. 2 pole vaulter struggled to clear the 5.95m mark, while America's Sam ...

World No. 4 pole vaulter EJ Obiena is taking a brief rest in Dubai to confer with adviser/benefactor Jim Lafferty and map out ...

EJ took up the sport at age 6, surpassing his father’s personal best of 4.95 meters in 2014. He then joined forces with Petrov. In 2019, Obiena broke the Asian Athletics Championship record with ...

World No. 4 pole vaulter EJ Obiena failed to clear the qualifying mark of 5.85m for the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Nanjing, China, on March 21-23 and will focus on regaining his timing in ...

A NEW Obiena is making waves in pole vaulting scene. Matt Obiena, cousin of world no. 4 EJ Obiena, soared to victory by ...

NCAA Season 100 pole vault gold medalist Matt Obiena of Colegio de San Juan de Letran (middle) with his father Edward and ...

EJ OBIENA is shifting his focus to the outdoor season after missing a ticket to the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China from March 21 to 23. Obiena said in a Facebook post ...

Filipino pole vault star EJ Obiena gets the boot early in the Mondo Classic in Sweden as Olympic medalists Armand Duplantis, Emmanouil Karalis, and Sam Kendricks rule anew ...

Filipino Olympian and pole vaulter EJ Obiena will shift his focus to the outdoor season as he will 'inevitably' miss the World Athletics Indoor Championship due to lack of competitions. Obiena ...

EJ Obiena will have a busy season, with the World Athletics Indoor Championships not in his schedule. “The key is to go into the outdoor season healthy and ready to compete at the highest level ...

IF you study the life cycle of any prominent world-class athlete, their public perception follows four distinct stages. First comes the "excitement" period, when they are young, showing great promise ...

My best vaults are ahead,' says EJ Obiena, even as he falls short of the World Indoor Championships after failing to meet the entry standard within the qualification period MANILA, Philippines ...