The PSC officially reinstates world-class pole vaulter EJ Obiena to the national team months after a messy rift with his federation.
Majority of PATAFA board members voted on Obiena’s re-inclusion to the national team, along with five other athletes, during their special board meeting last Saturday, said PATAFA, which is led by new president Terry Capistrano and executive vice president Willie Torres.
New PSC commissioner Bong Coo, the former bowling star and current officer-in-charge, said the government sports agency is “thankful to the PATAFA leadership” for taking the steps to strengthen the national athletics team. Obiena figured in a public spat with PATAFA, led by then president Popoy Juico, who alleged late last year that the athletics star falsified his liquidation documents.
The Tokyo Olympics finalist denied the allegations, but last January, PATAFA expelled Obiena from the national team following the results of its investigation.
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