On Wednesday, the 84-year-old pole-vault coach, who has produced a world champion in legendary Sergey Bubka and Olympic gold medalist Thiago Braz, made the exception to defend Filipino Olympian and Asian record-holder Ernest John “EJ” Obiena.
Mr. Petrov said the controversy was bad timing since Mr. Obiena is now on the cusp of achieving greater heights and the impasse derails the latter’s development. But now that Mr. Obiena has formally declined it, PATAFA is expected to drop the hammer on Messrs. Obiena and Petrov soon.
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