00:00Patafa President Terry Capistrano is confident that the Philippine Pole-Volter E.J. Oviena will once again give the country its pride next year
00:09after he announced the current condition of the 29-year-old athlete.
00:14This is what Bernadette Tinoy reported.
00:19The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association of Patafa President Terry Capistrano announced
00:24that the Philippine Pole-Volter E.J. Oviena continued his progress after he suffered an injury this year.
00:30For Terry, E.J. has a great chance to rise again in his rank and win the upcoming international tournament that will be held next year.
00:54I think May Asian Championships and then World Championships, I think we'll be fine.
00:59He will be fine and I think he will maintain his, he will get back to his number two ranking in the world eventually within the year.
01:08In Patafa's latest social media post, he announced that the 2025 Philippine Athletics Championships will be held at the world-class facility of New Quark City Athletic Stadium in Capa Starlak,
01:20where the athletes are placed in the open, under-18 and under-20 category.
01:26Terry clarified that they plan to focus on the grassroots development of each track and field athlete.
01:32They will be replaced. The Olympic cycle is four years.
01:37Our medium target, this Patafa, our medium range target is three Olympic cycles.
01:44It's 12 years. Four years times three. So if it's three Olympic cycles and 12 years, at least with 12 years,
01:52we're hoping that when they hit 24, they will be in the third Olympic cycle.
