ERNEST JOHN “EJ” OBIENA returned to work in Germany with a flourish and, just four days after going dud in Zurich, soared to his eighth gold medal of the season at the ISTAF Berlin pole vault competition Monday at the Olympiastadon in Berlin. With German girlfriend Caroline Joyeux watching from…
FIVE Filipino athletes left for Netanya in Israel late last week to vie in the Ninth World Aquatics Junior Championships that start Tuesday. National junior record holders Micaela “Water Beast” Mojdeh and Heather White head the team whose members were selected through the World Aquatics rankings. Joining them are Gian Santos,…
TEIA SALVINO led five national junior record holders who qualified for the Ninth World Aquatics Junior Championships set September 4 to 9 in Netanya, Israel. According to Philippine Swimming Inc. (PSI) secretary-general Batangas Rep. Eric Buhain, the Cambodia Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Salvino and company achieved the minimum 680 World…
THE six-member team led by two-time Olympian Jasmine Alkhaldi left Manila on Thursday for the 17th World Aquatics Championship in Fukuoka, Japan. The 30-year-old US-educated Alkhaldi qualified for the world championships set July 23 to 30 along with Southeast Asian Games record-holder Xiandi Chua, Thanya Dela Cruz, Jerard Jacinto and US-based…
BANGKOK John Cabang Tolentino, a hurdler based in Spain, gave Team Philippines a ray of hope by advancing to the 110-meter final in Day 2 of the 24th Asian Athletics Championships at the Supachalasai National Stadium. The 34-degree heat was a nuisance to all athletes on Thursday morning but Tolentino, a bronze medalist…