MANILA, Philippines — The mediation between Olympian pole-vaulter EJ Obiena and the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) that was agreed upon in principle during the Senate hearing last month did not take place. Instead, Obiena and the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) will face the PATAFA before the Court of Arbitration after PATAFA president Philip Ella Juico filed a “statement of appeal” to CAS last Feb. 11 against the former. POC president Abraham Tolentino yesterday questioned PATAFA’s motive, describing it as a breach of integrity and putting a damper on the Senate’…