PATAFA

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                    [Title] => Olympic slots wide open for athletics
                    [Summary] => Three months are left for PATAFA hopefuls to hit the entry standard or rack up qualifying points from competitions in claiming tickets to the Paris Olympics with six athletes and a 4x400m men’s relay team in contention to join pole vaulter EJ Obiena in the delegation.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-04-02 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Joaquin Henson
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                    [ArticleID] => 2320528
                    [Title] => Athletics report card
                    [Summary] => It wasn’t just a one-man show for the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association  this year although world No. 2 pole vaulter EJ Obiena was by far the shiningest Filipino star in the fold. Obiena led PATAFA’s charge to strike gold at the SEA and Asian Games, claim silver at the World Athletics Championships with his second career 6.00 jump and top the Asian Athletics Championships with a meet record of 5.91, way over second placer Hussain Asim Al-Hizam’s 5.56.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-12-22 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1804869
                    [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson
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                    [Title] => PATAFA scores major gains
                    [Summary] => It’s been 36 years since the Philippines took at least two gold medals in the Asian Athletics Championships, and PATAFA president Terry Capistrano said yesterday with the high level of competition in the region, duplicating the mark in the recent Bangkok edition was an indication of what could be accomplished in the Hangzhou Asian Games on Sept 23-Oct. 8.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-07-19 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Joaquin Henson
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                    [Title] => Brown strikes hurdles gold in Asian Athletics Championships
                    [Summary] => Robyn Lauren Brown ended the Philippines’ medal drought with a gold medal in the women’s 400-meter hurdles of the 25th Asian Athletics Championships at the Supachalasai National Stadium here Saturday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-07-15 20:07:00
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                    [ArticleID] => 2275002
                    [Title] => Tolentino repays PATAFA trust, breaks Philippine record in 110m hurdles
                    [Summary] => The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association never really knew Filipino-Spanish hurdler John Cabang Tolentino when he sent email messages to the former asking to be given a shot at a national team slot last year.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-06-19 12:37:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1806959
                    [AuthorName] => Joey Villar
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                    [Title] => PATAFA kumpiyansa sa kakayahan ni Obiena
                    [Summary] => Naniniwala ang Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association na mahihigitan ni World No. 3 pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena ang kanyang nilundag na bagong Asian record.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-06-13 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Russell Cadayona
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                    [Title] => Athletics body says Obiena not yet done after record jump
                    [Summary] => A day after EJ Obiena become the first Asian to hit the 6-meter mark in the men’s pole vault competition, the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) expects the pole vaulter to achieve more record feats in upcoming overseas competitions. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-06-12 16:15:00
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                    [Title] => Philippine athletic chief upbeat as Olympic qualifying season looms
                    [Summary] => The country’s head of athletics has expressed confidence in Filipino athletes’ upcoming bids in three overseas Olympic qualifying tournaments.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-05-31 11:16:00
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                    [Title] => PATAFA wants top performers for Asian events
                    [Summary] => Filipino athletics gold and silver medalists in the 32nd Phnom Penh Southeast Asian Games will be heavily considered for the national team seeing action in both the Asian Championships and Asian Games.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-05-16 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1806959
                    [AuthorName] => Joey Villar
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                    [Title] => EJ nearly skipped Phnom Penh meet
                    [Summary] => World No. 3 pole vaulter EJ Obiena wasn’t sure if he would compete in the SEA Games until the last minute because of a sprained right ankle. When Obiena landed in Phnom Penh last Saturday, he advised PATAFA president Terry Capistrano if there was pain, no go. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-05-11 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Joaquin Henson
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Olympic slots wide open for athletics

By Joaquin Henson | April 2, 2024 - 12:00am

Three months are left for PATAFA hopefuls to hit the entry standard or rack up qualifying points from competitions in claiming...

Sports

Athletics report card

By Joaquin M. Henson | December 22, 2023 - 12:00am

It wasn’t just a one-man show for the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association this year although world No. 2 pole vaulter EJ Obiena was by far the shiningest Filipino star in the fold. Obiena led...

Sports

PATAFA scores major gains

By Joaquin Henson | July 19, 2023 - 12:00am

It’s been 36 years since the Philippines took at least two gold medals in the Asian Athletics Championships, and PATAFA president Terry Capistrano said yesterday with the high level of competition in the region,...

Sports

Brown strikes hurdles gold in Asian Athletics Championships

July 15, 2023 - 8:07pm

Robyn Lauren Brown ended the Philippines’ medal drought with a gold medal in the women’s 400-meter hurdles of...

Sports

Tolentino repays PATAFA trust, breaks Philippine record in 110m hurdles

By Joey Villar | June 19, 2023 - 12:37pm

The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association never really knew Filipino-Spanish hurdler John Cabang Tolentino when...

Sports

PATAFA kumpiyansa sa kakayahan ni Obiena

By Russell Cadayona | June 13, 2023 - 12:00am

Naniniwala ang Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association na mahihigitan ni World No. 3 pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena ang kanyang nilundag na bagong Asian record.

PSN Palaro

Athletics body says Obiena not yet done after record jump

June 12, 2023 - 4:15pm

A day after EJ Obiena become the first Asian to hit the 6-meter mark in the men’s pole vault competition, the Philippine...

Sports

Philippine athletic chief upbeat as Olympic qualifying season looms

May 31, 2023 - 11:16am

The country’s head of athletics has expressed confidence in Filipino athletes’ upcoming bids in three overseas...

Sports

PATAFA wants top performers for Asian events

By Joey Villar | May 16, 2023 - 12:00am

Filipino athletics gold and silver medalists in the 32nd Phnom Penh Southeast Asian Games will be heavily considered for the national team seeing action in both the Asian Championships and Asian Games.

Sports

EJ nearly skipped Phnom Penh meet

By Joaquin Henson | May 11, 2023 - 12:00am

World No. 3 pole vaulter EJ Obiena wasn’t sure if he would compete in the SEA Games until the last minute because of a sprained right ankle. When Obiena landed in Phnom Penh last Saturday, he advised PATAFA...

Sports