EJ Obiena

2022 - 8 - 18

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News you need to know: It's SMB vs TNT in final; Obiena update and ... (Sports Interactive Network Philippines)

June Mr Fajardo and the Beermen return to the Philippine Cup finals; EJ Obiena is officially back in the Philippine team.

The Cool Smashers earned the AVC spot after the national federation decided to enter the PVL Invitational champion instead of a squad featuring the Lady Bulldogs. 21 to 29 competition in Pasig. [Download the app](https://quento-news.onelink.me/27Zn/84976fc5) to enjoy more articles and videos from SPIN.ph and other Summit Media websites. [Philippine Athletic Track and Field Association](https://www.spin.ph/tag/patafa) (Patafa) endorsed the Olympian along with five other athletes to the [Philippine Sports Commission](https://www.spin.ph/tag/psc). Jia de Guzman, Jema Galanza and Risa Sato, part of the Philippine squad that placed ninth in the last competition in Thailand in 2018, return to action and will be joined by their Creamline teammates in the Aug. [EJ OBIENA](https://www.spin.ph/tag/ej-obiena) is officially back with the Philippine national track and field team.

EJ Obiena formally reinstated to national team, says PSC | Sports | (GMA News Online)

EJ Obiena, who now ranks third in the world, was initially excluded from the national pool after the athletics body accused him of misusing his allowance.

But the 26-year-old athlete cleared his name, securing clearance from the Commission on Audit to prove he didn't use government money for other purposes. Early this month, PSC said it was closely working with PATAFA to reinstate Obiena back to the Philippine team following his recent string of success highlighted by a bronze medal and new Asian record in the World Athletics Championships. EJ Obiena has been formally reinstated to the national team after the Philippine Athletic Track and Field Association (PATAFA) endorsed the pole vault ace's re-inclusion to the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).

PATAFA officially brings EJ Obiena back to national team pool (Tiebreaker Times)

Olympian EJ Obiena has been formally reinstated to the national team after Philippine Athletic Track and Field Association (PATAFA) endorsed his ...

Current PSC Officer in charge, Commissioner Bong Coo is pleased with this turn of events saying that “we are thankful to the PATAFA leadership” for taking this step to solidify the strength of our national athletics team. said that this decision takes effect this month and that the changes fall within the existing team quota of athletics. This development came after the majority of PATAFA Board members voted on it during their special board meeting held last Saturday.

EJ Obiena formally reinstated to Philippine national team (INQUIRER.net)

MANILA, Philippines–Pole vaulter Ernest John Obiena and his mother federation, the Philippine Athletic Track and Field Association (Patafa) are back in each ...

[Obiena’s reinstatemen](https://youtube.com/shorts/UTdvQuVsE_s)t to the national team. The national track and field association announced the welcome development after the majority of the Patafa board members voted on MANILA, Philippines–Pole vaulter Ernest John Obiena and his mother federation, the Philippine Athletic Track and Field Association (Patafa) are back in each other’s arms.

EJ Obiena formally reinstated to the national team (Manila Bulletin)

The development came after the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) endorsed his re-inclusion along with five other athletes to the ...

“We are thankful to the PATAFA leadership for taking this step to solidify the strength of our national athletics team,” said PSC Officer in Charge and Commissioner Bong Coo. The development came after the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) endorsed his re-inclusion along with five other athletes to the government sports agency. Olympic pole vaulter EJ Obiena has been formally reinstated to the national team, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) disclosed Wednesday, Aug.

EJ Obiena back with national team (pna.gov.ph)

MANILA – The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) has formally endorsed world No. 3 pole vaulter EJ Obiena for reinstatement to the ...

PSC commissioner Bong Coo, now acting as the agency's officer-in-charge, is elated with the reinstatement. “We are thankful to the PATAFA leadership for taking this step to solidify the strength of our national athletics team,” she said. PATAFA executive vice president Willie Torres represented the organization in a meeting with the PSC endorsing Obiena's reinstatement along with six undisclosed tracksters.

EJ Obiena back with PH national team (CNN Philippines)

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 17)— Pole vault star EJ Obiena has been reinstated to the Philippine national team, sports officials announced on ...

[sought Obiena's reinstatement](https://www.cnnphilippines.com/sports/2022/8/5/PATAFA-seeks-reinstatement-of-Obiena-to-national-team.html) to the national team, and asked that he be "given the same allowances previously extended to him." [expulsion from the national team pool](https://www.cnnphilippines.com/sports/2022/1/4/PATAFA-EJ-Obiena-expulsion-Philippine-team-pool-estafa.html), while the pole vaulter maintained innocence on the matter. The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) said the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) formally endorsed the move.

EJ Obiena on reinstatement to nat'l team: Long awaited and just ... (GMA News Online)

After the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) announced on Wednesday that Filipino Olympian and pole vaulter EJ Obiena has been reinstated to the national ...

The Commission on Audit has spoken. "This was a long awaited and just decision; and one in the best interests of Philippine sport," Obiena wrote in a social media post. The World No.

All's well: Patafa reinstates EJ Obiena as national athlete (INQUIRER.net)

Ernest John Obiena, the third-ranked pole vaulter in the world, can proudly wear the Philippine flag in major international tournaments again.

[bronze-medal performance in the World Athletics Championships](https://sports.inquirer.net/471172/ej-obiena-makes-history-with-bronze-medal-at-world-athletics-championships) last month in Eugene, Oregon. [country’s lawmakers likewise stepped in](https://sports.inquirer.net/442515/senate-recalls-psc-budget-over-hands-off-stance-on-obiena-patafa-issue) to defuse the tension in a Senate hearing before the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) found ways to infuse lasting peace. The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association’s (Patafa) reinstatement of the Tokyo Olympian lifted the fear of uncertainty surrounding Obiena and finally shut the door on a disturbing chapter that hounded Philippine athletics late last year.

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