Oceania How to Watch Guide: World Athletics U20 Championships Oregon 26

Nine Oceania member federations. 103 athletes. 148 event entries across five days of competition ready to experience some Hayward Magic at Oregon 26.

Australia leads the Oceania contingent with 73 athletes, followed by New Zealand with 18 and Papua New Guinea with six. Northern Mariana Islands, French Polynesia, Tonga, Cook Islands, Fiji and Guam are each represented, by a single athlete carrying a nation’s hopes onto the world stage.

Here is who to watch, when to watch, and how to find it.

Athletes to watch

Australia

Isaac Beacroft (AUS) arrives in Eugene as the reigning Commonwealth champion, having taken 10,000m race walk gold in Glasgow in 38:45.5. He is also the world under-20 record holder over the distance. At Oregon 26 he steps down to the 5000m race walk, where he opens Day 4 as one of the most decorated athletes in the field.

Izobelle Louison-Roe (AUS) faces the toughest schedule of any Oceania athlete — a genuine double, contesting both the high jump and the triple jump. Her two finals fall within an hour of each other on the final afternoon.

Daniel Williams (AUS) brings a 800m personal best of 1:44.37 and recently breaking Cameron Myers’ Oceania U20 1000m Records.

Boh Ritchie (NZL) holds the Oceania under-20 records for 800m and the 600m short track and has already made her senior debut at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń. She lines up in the 800m.

Madeleine Waddell (NZL) returns to the World Under-20 Championships as a national under-20 record holder, contesting the 400m with a personal best of 52.62.

Hazel Wilson (GUM) has broken the Guam open and under-20 100m hurdles records three times already in 2026 at the Oceania Athletics Championships and comes to Eugene looking to go faster again.

Maryann Macedru (FIJ) is the open and under-20 national record holder in the women’s shot put and will be chasing further still in 2026.

When to watch

Eugene runs on Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7). For most of the region that puts the morning sessions in the small hours and the evening sessions where nearly all the finals sit in the late morning early afternoon for Oceania.

CountryZoneD1 MornD1 EveD2 MornD2 EveD3 MornD3 EveD4 MornD4 EveD5
Australia (AEST)UTC+103:00 AM11:00 AM3:00 AM11:05 AM3:00 AM10:00 AM3:00 AM11:00 AM5:05 AM
Northern Mariana Is.UTC+103:00 AM11:00 AM3:00 AM11:05 AM3:00 AM10:00 AM3:00 AM11:00 AM5:05 AM
GuamUTC+103:00 AM11:00 AM3:00 AM11:05 AM3:00 AM10:00 AM3:00 AM11:00 AM5:05 AM
Papua New GuineaUTC+103:00 AM11:00 AM3:00 AM11:05 AM3:00 AM10:00 AM3:00 AM11:00 AM5:05 AM
New ZealandUTC+125:00 AM1:00 PM5:00 AM1:05 PM5:00 AM12:00 PM5:00 AM1:00 PM7:05 AM
FijiUTC+125:00 AM1:00 PM5:00 AM1:05 PM5:00 AM12:00 PM5:00 AM1:00 PM7:05 AM
TongaUTC+136:00 AM2:00 PM6:00 AM2:05 PM6:00 AM1:00 PM6:00 AM2:00 PM8:05 AM
Cook IslandsUTC−107:00 AM3:00 PM7:00 AM3:05 PM7:00 AM2:00 PM7:00 AM3:00 PM9:05 AM
French PolynesiaUTC−107:00 AM3:00 PM7:00 AM3:05 PM7:00 AM2:00 PM7:00 AM3:00 PM9:05 AM

Important: for every country except the Cook Islands and French Polynesia, all sessions fall on the following calendar day locally. Day 1’s morning session, Wednesday 5 August in Eugene, is Thursday 6 August at 3:00 AM in Australia.

How to watch

CountryWhere
Australia7+ and 7mate
French Polynesiaeurovisionsport.com
New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Fiji, Tonga, Cook IslandsWorld Athletics+

Live results for every event are available throughout the championships via World Athletics+.

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