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[Title] => Ricaforte breaks Philippines discus throw record
[Summary] => There is reason why the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association is hot on collegiate star Russel Je Ricaforte.
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[Title] => Ateneo's Ricaforte breaks 34-year-old Philippine discus record
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[Title] => EJ sets outdoor mark
[Summary] => World No. 4 pole vaulter EJ Obiena soared to set a personal outdoor season best clearance of 5.80 under challenging rain-induced conditions and topped the PATAFA-sanctioned Vermosa Sports Hub Invitationals at the Ayala complex in Imus, Cavite last Tuesday night. It was Obiena’s fourth outdoor appearance this year and marked a clear progression from 5.50 in Nantou, Taiwan to 5.62 in Xiamen and to 5.72 in Shanghai. The elevation matched his indoor season high of 5.80 set in Torun, Poland, last February.
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[Title] => PSA Forum: Athletics body to discuss Olympic bid
[Summary] => The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) makes an assessment on its chances in the coming Paris Olympics as one of its top officials appears in Tuesday’s session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum.
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[Title] => Tolentino, Hoffman puwede pa sa Paris Games
[Summary] => Ihahayag ng World Athletics sa Hulyo 7 ang lahat ng qualifiers para sa 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
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[Title] => Olympic slots wide open for athletics
[Summary] => Three months are left for PATAFA hopefuls to hit the entry standard or rack up qualifying points from competitions in claiming tickets to the Paris Olympics with six athletes and a 4x400m men’s relay team in contention to join pole vaulter EJ Obiena in the delegation.
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[Title] => Athletics report card
[Summary] => It wasn’t just a one-man show for the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association this year although world No. 2 pole vaulter EJ Obiena was by far the shiningest Filipino star in the fold. Obiena led PATAFA’s charge to strike gold at the SEA and Asian Games, claim silver at the World Athletics Championships with his second career 6.00 jump and top the Asian Athletics Championships with a meet record of 5.91, way over second placer Hussain Asim Al-Hizam’s 5.56.
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[Title] => PATAFA scores major gains
[Summary] => It’s been 36 years since the Philippines took at least two gold medals in the Asian Athletics Championships, and PATAFA president Terry Capistrano said yesterday with the high level of competition in the region, duplicating the mark in the recent Bangkok edition was an indication of what could be accomplished in the Hangzhou Asian Games on Sept 23-Oct. 8.
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[Title] => Brown strikes hurdles gold in Asian Athletics Championships
[Summary] => Robyn Lauren Brown ended the Philippines’ medal drought with a gold medal in the women’s 400-meter hurdles of the 25th Asian Athletics Championships at the Supachalasai National Stadium here Saturday.
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[Title] => Tolentino repays PATAFA trust, breaks Philippine record in 110m hurdles
[Summary] => The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association never really knew Filipino-Spanish hurdler John Cabang Tolentino when he sent email messages to the former asking to be given a shot at a national team slot last year.
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[Title] => EJ sets outdoor mark
[Summary] => World No. 4 pole vaulter EJ Obiena soared to set a personal outdoor season best clearance of 5.80 under challenging rain-induced conditions and topped the PATAFA-sanctioned Vermosa Sports Hub Invitationals at the Ayala complex in Imus, Cavite last Tuesday night. It was Obiena’s fourth outdoor appearance this year and marked a clear progression from 5.50 in Nantou, Taiwan to 5.62 in Xiamen and to 5.72 in Shanghai. The elevation matched his indoor season high of 5.80 set in Torun, Poland, last February.
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[Title] => Tolentino, Hoffman puwede pa sa Paris Games
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[Title] => Olympic slots wide open for athletics
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[Title] => PATAFA scores major gains
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[Title] => Brown strikes hurdles gold in Asian Athletics Championships
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