Rappler's latest stories on pole vaulting
EJ Obiena aims for August athletics restart
Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena gets a chance to compete in one of sports' first international events amid the pandemic
EJ Obiena seizes golden SEA Games pole vault record
Philippine athletics star EJ Obiena completes a comeback from injury with a record-breaking leap for his first SEA Games gold

EJ Obiena bags 2019 Universiade pole vault gold, sets new PH record
The national athletics team standout shatters the Philippine pole vault record yet again

Fil-Am pole vaulter shatters 11-year national record
Natalie Uy’s record-breaking feat boosts Philippine athletics' gold-medal hopes in the 2019 SEA Games

Back to zero: EJ Obiena gears up for pole vault comeback
After recovering from an ACL injury, the Filipino pole vaulter hopes to find his way back to the top

PH pole vaulter EJ Obiena betters SEA Games record twice in Europe
The national team mainstay is working on making it to the 2018 Asian Games podium

Pole vaulter Obiena, hurdler Unso out of SEA Games 2017 with injuries
Obiena injures his left knee during practice a day before flying out for the Games in what is initially diagnosed as an ACL tear while Unso injures his hamstring

With new poles, Obiena breaks own national record in Germany
Philippine pole vaulter Ernest John Obiena clears 5 61 meters to break his own national record

A pole vaulter without a pole: How Obiena became a SEA Games medalist
Ernest John Obiena may get rejected fail or even run out of funding but he won t quit He has always found a way – for his country and the sport

Pole vaulter notches lone gold for PH in SEA Youth Athletics
Francis Edward Obiena a Grade 11 student of Chiang Kai Shek College edges out his Singaporean counterpart

Pole vaulter escapes ban after cocaine contamination during hotel tryst
Canada s Shawn Barber competed at the Rio Games after arguing that he was contaminated by cocaine accidentally by a woman he hooked up with through Craigslist

WATCH: Japanese pole vaulter's Olympic hopes foiled by his own penis
Hiroki Ogita s penis knocks the bar off during the 5 45m pole vault event costing him a ticket to the next round

Obiena caps banner year for athletics
Ernest John Obiena won the Singapore Open in a new national mark of 5 20m
