There was much adversity to begin 2022 for World No. 5 pole vaulter EJ Obiena, as he bore the burden of what was then an unresolved rift between him and the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association.
The feud between Olympian and world’s #5 pole vaulter EJ Obiena and Philip Ella Juico, the president of his sports association PATAFA begs the question: What really is the purpose of these sports associations that is funded by the Philippine Sports Commission with money coming from our taxes?
Four senators want to cite the board members of the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) in contempt for bringing pole vaulter EJ Obiena to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland pending efforts to mediate the dispute.