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EJ Obiena 'moving forward' after Tokyo campaign

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 03:12 PM

The memory of his campaign in the Tokyo Olympics still stings, but EJ Obiena is glad that he is moving forward from that experience. Read more »

PATAFA, PSC commend Obiena for breaking Asian record

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 02:53 PM

PATAFA and the Philippine Sports Commission on Sunday celebrated the latest record-breaking feat of Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena. Read more »

Switzerland's Marcel Hug wins gold in 800m T54

Joel Marklund OIS/OIC via AFP
Posted at Sep 02 11:17 PM

Switzerland's Marcel Hug competes in the men’s 800m T54 athletics final at the Olympic Stadium during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games on Thursday. Read more »

PATAFA hails Obiena's record-breaking feat

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 03:28 PM

PATAFA on Sunday commended pole vaulter EJ Obiena after he reset his own national record in the Paris leg of the Wanda Diamond League. Read more »

EJ Obiena sets new PH record in Paris meet

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 29 02:11 PM

EJ Obiena registered a new personal best and reset the national record when he cleared 5.91-meters at the Paris leg of the Wanda Diamond League, Saturday. Read more »

Athletics-Czech runner dies in Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc race

Reuters
Posted at Aug 25 08:34 PM

A Czech runner died from his injuries after falling at the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc's TDS mountain race, organisers said on Wednesday. Read more »

Thompson-Herah romps to victory in Richardson comeback

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 22 09:35 AM

Elaine Thompson-Herah scored an emphatic 100m victory over the returning Sha'Carri Richardson at the Prefontaine Classic in Oregon on Saturday. Read more »

Crowned 'the greatest', Felix takes a victory lap

Amy Tennery, Reuters
Posted at Aug 19 07:01 PM

Just two weeks after she picked up gold in Tokyo, Allyson Felix is returning to the track. Read more »

PH stadium in World Architecture Festival shortlist

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 17 07:10 PM

The Athletics Stadium in New Clark City is among the structures shortlisted in this year's World Architecture Festival. Read more »

Pinay golfers sumabak na sa Tokyo Olympics

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 08:53 PM

Sumabak na sa Olympics ang Pinay golfers na sina Bianca Pagdanganan at Yuka Saso. Read more »

McLaughlin storms to Olympic hurdles gold and world record

Rob Woollard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 04 02:06 PM

Sydney McLaughlin obliterated her own world record to claim a thrilling last-gasp victory in the Olympic women's 400m hurdles final on Wednesday. Read more »

Olympics: Italy's Jacobs takes stunning 100 meters gold

Mitch Phillips, Reuters
Posted at Aug 02 11:58 AM

Lamont Marcell Jacobs claimed a stunning upset victory in the Olympic men's 100 meters final on Sunday, becoming the first Italian to take the most coveted title in athletics and doing it in a European record time of 9.80 seconds. Read more »

Olympics: 'Can we have two golds?' Barshim, Tamberi share high jump win

Sudipto Ganguly, Reuters
Posted at Aug 02 11:55 AM

Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim added Olympic gold to his list of accolades in the men's high jump in Tokyo on Sunday -- and persuaded organizaers to let him share it with his friend and rival, Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi. Read more »

Young track and field guns ready to shine in post-Bolt Olympic era

Luke PHILLIPS, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 26 08:48 AM

Usain Bolt may have hung up his spikes in 2017, but the Tokyo Olympics are the first summer Games in 17 years not to feature the incomparable Jamaican sprinter. Read more »

Isahaya City, Japan mayor, binigyan ng warm welcome ang PH Team Athletics

TFC News Japan
Updated as of Jul 31 03:01 PM

Binisita ni Mayor Yukishige Okubo ng Isahaya City, Nagasaki, Japan ang Team Pilipinas Athletics sa pre-Olympic training ng mga atletang Pinoy sa TransCosmos Stadium, Biyernes, July 23, 2021 kung saan nagti-training si Kristina Knott, ang Fil-Am sprinter na nakasungkit ng medalyang ginto sa Southeast Asian Games women's 200-meter run. Read more »

Knott relaxed, focused ahead of maiden Olympics stint

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 06:41 PM

Filipino-American sprinter Kristina Knott is now fully recovered from a bout with COVID-19 and is raring to go in her first appearance in the Olympic Games. Read more »

Filipino Olympian profile: Sprinter Kristina Knott preaches need to constantly be better

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 22 07:20 AM

Knott's recent claim to national fame is breaking a decades-long Philippine record in the 200 meters, but she's not satisfied with just that feat.  Read more »

Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson out of Olympics after USA relay snub

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 07 09:55 AM

Sha'Carri Richardson will play no part in the Olympics after being left out of the United States' 4x100m relay squad, USA Track and Field (USATF) confirmed on Tuesday. Read more »

Biden on Richardson's sprinting suspension: 'The rules are the rules'

Reuters
Posted at Jul 04 10:49 AM

U.S. President Joe Biden weighed in on the suspension of sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson over marijuana use, saying Saturday "the rules are the rules." Read more »

Athletics: Semenya vows to fight on but has uncertain future

Reuters
Posted at Jul 01 08:44 PM

LIEGE - Caster Semenya vowed to continue her fight against the ban that prevents her from competing in her preferred 800m event after she failed in a bid to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics at alternative distances. Read more »