AS if 34 anti-doping tests 11 of them administered this year weren’t enough, Ernest John “EJ” Obiena subjected himself to a polygraph test to prove to the whole world that he’s clean. “It’s very clear that I am pissed,” Obiena told an online press conference on Thursday afternoon from Dubai, where his supposed to be on R&R
FILIPINO Olympians threw their support behind world No. 2 pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena who was bashed online by the wife of a former top athlete from France. “Don’t bother with the unimportant noise being thrown at him,” Philippine Olympian Association (POA) president and former swimmer champion Akiko Thomson told BusinessMirror Tuesday. “Stay focused
PHILIPPINE Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino advised Ernest John “EJ” Obiena to take the high ground and let his team handle an online basher from the camp of a former pole vault champion from France. “Don’t mind them,” Tolentino told Obiena on Monday, adding that the world No. 2 and Asian Games champion
ERNEST JOHN “EJ” OBIENA got perhaps his first bash in social media now that he’s risen to No. 2 among the elite male pole vaulters in the world. And his team is angry. “It’s biased. It’s irresponsible. It’s reckless. It’s unprofessional. It’s a false accusation, with zero foundation,” Jim Lafferty, Obiena’s personal confidante, told BusinessMirror