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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 »

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 »

Tokyo Olympics: EJ Obiena gets much love from netizens in men's final performance

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 04 03:16 PM

Netizens showered Filipino athlete EJ Obiena with much love despite failing to make a podium finish in the men's pole vault in the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday night.  Read more »

Nigerian sprinter Okagbare fails drug test, out of Olympics

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 31 08:22 AM

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been barred from the Olympics after failing a drug test, the first doping case of the Tokyo games track and field competition, officials said Saturday.   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 »

Athletics: Bolt backing Fraser-Pryce to win third Olympic 100m crown

Kayon Raynor, Reuters
Posted at Jul 18 10:59 AM

Usain Bolt believes the only person that can stop his fellow Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce from winning a third Olympic 100 meters title at the Tokyo Games is herself.   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 »

Knott wants to break 23-second mark in the Olympics

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 27 04:12 PM

Filipina sprint queen Kristina Knott wants to rewrite the country's record books anew when she competes in the Tokyo Olympic Games. Read more »

Kristina Knott, Kiyome Watanabe pasok sa Tokyo Olympics

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 08:59 PM

Dalawa pang Pinoy ang pasok sa Tokyo Olympics: Si Kiyome Watanabe sa Judo si Kristina Knott sa track and field.  Read more »

Kristina Knott, Kiyomi Watanabe book spots for Tokyo Olympics

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 02:54 PM

Two more Filipinos were added in the Olympic roster of the Philippines as sprinter Kristina Knott and judoka Kiyomi Watanabe secured their tickets to the Tokyo Games, increasing the country’s delegates in the quadrennial event to 15.  Read more »

Athletics: Knott, Cray make progress in pursuit of Olympic berths

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 26 03:35 PM

Filipino track stars Kristina Knott and Eric Cray both made some progress over the weekend, as they continue to try to meet the qualifying standard for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Read more »

Athletics: From barefoot runner to Asian champ, Rogelio Onofre relishes PH hall of fame nod

Manolo Pedralvez
Posted at Apr 02 05:28 PM

The Tarlac-born, Pangasinan-raised Onofre remembers the triumphs and the struggles that went with his success on the track in the 1950s to the 1960s. Read more »

Knott starts Olympic charge with second place finish in Texas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 28 07:13 PM

Kristina Knott's campaign to make it to the Tokyo Olympics got off to a solid start on Saturday. Read more »

Athletics: SEA Games star William Morrison sets sights on Paris 2024

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 02:37 PM

William Morrison, who won shot-put gold in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games for the Philippines, will no longer try to qualify for the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo. Read more »

Eric Cray, Kristina Knott on track to qualify for Olympics -- PATAFA

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 01:44 PM

The head of Philippine athletics believes at least two more Filipino track stars can join pole vaulter EJ Obiena in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Read more »

Pole vaulter EJ Obiena nakapagtala ng bagong record

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 07:45 PM

Nakapagtala ng bagong record sa Poland ang pole vaulter na si EJ Obiena. Read more »

Pole vaulter EJ Obiena nakakuha ng 2 ginto sa Germany

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 09:19 PM

Back-to-back gold medalist naman sa Germany ang pambato ng Pilipinas sa Tokyo Olympics na si EJ Obiena. Read more »

PH track, field athletes set sights on February ‘bubble’, play catchup to regional rivals

Manolo Pedralvez
Posted at Jan 23 04:18 PM

After delays, the national athletics federation announced that local national track and field athletes will move into the New Clark City for their training by the first week of February. Read more »