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  1. Area Record Holder Announces Retirement
  2. OAA COMPETITION COMMISSION: EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
  3. Alex Beddoes: Sportsmen of the Year
  4. AREA NEWS: FEBRUARY
  5. Ratcliffe Sets New Area Record at Porritt Classic
  6. Oceania 20km Race Walk Championships
  7. Fiji’s Sprinter, Heleina Young, Awarded Inaugural Scholarship
  8. Tokyo Qualifiers, Records, and GIO OzDay10k
  9. Hull and Baxter Set New Area Records
  10. Palau: 4th Annual Koror Kolor Run
  11. Maurie Plant: Tributes and Memories
  12. 2020 Melanesian Championships: New Location
  13. NMA 38th Annual Christmas Island Relay
  14. Congratulations to newly elected OAA President Robin Sapong Eugenio of the Northen Mariana Islands
  15. McSweyn claims Zatopek 10,000m Victory in Record Time
  16. Sir Peter Snell, a New Zealand Athletic Legend who Always be Remembered
  17. Day 9 & 10: Doha Report
  18. Doha Report: Day 8
  19. Doha Day 7: Report
  20. Doha Report: Day 6
  21. Doha Report: Day 3
  22. Doha – Day Two
  23. Day 1: Competition Begins
  24. Press Release: 2021 OCEANIA AREA CHAMPIONSHIPS
  25. Sally Pearson, one of Australia’s greatest Olympians, has announced her retirement. 
  26. Oceania Athletics Council 2019-2023
  27. Athlete of Photography: Interview with Casey Sims
  28. Olympic Day 2020: How our MFs Celebrated
  29. Oceania Area President Sapong: post-Covid-19, ‘I think we’re going to come out stronger’

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July 10, 2020
Area Record Holder Announces Retirement
Melissa Breen, A two-time Olympian and Oceania Area record holder, has announced her retirement. Congratulations to Melissa on an incredible career, a true leader on and off the track, and an inspiration to many up and coming athletes. Melissa has a tremendous list of highlights, including;   In 2014, Breen broke the Area and Australian Record for the 100m with a Personal...
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July 8, 2020
OAA COMPETITION COMMISSION: EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST – OAA COMPETITION COMMISSION The Oceania Athletics Association is calling for Expressions of Interest to be considered for the newly constituted Oceania Athletics Association, Competition Commission. The Competition Commission will replace the previous editions of the OAA Technical Commission and Cross-Country Committee. The role of the Commission is to advise and to make recommendations…

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May 27, 2020
Alex Beddoes: Sportsmen of the Year

Congratulations, Alex Beddoes awarded Sportsman Of the Year at the recent Cook Islands Sports Awards held at the Edgewater Resort and Spa. Alex, was a Dual gold at Pacific Games in Samoa (800m/1500m), the flag bearer for the Cook Islands at the Rio Olympics closing ceremony, Commonwealth Games representative for Gold Coast 2018, and COK national…

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February 25, 2020
AREA NEWS: FEBRUARY
RESULTS RANKINGS CALENDAR FEDERATIONS IN THE NEWSPAPER NEWS FROM AROUND THE REGION RECORDS New Records: Mustafa Fall (Fiji): New National Indoor Record: Shot Put - 17.65m. Tori Peeters (NZL): New National Record: Javelin - 62.04m Julia Ratcliffe (NZL): New Area Record: Hammer - 72.35m Regine Tugade (GUAM): New National Record: 200m - 24.31 IN THE...
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February 17, 2020
Ratcliffe Sets New Area Record at Porritt Classic

Julia Ratcliffe Sets New Record at Porritt Classic

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February 10, 2020
Oceania 20km Race Walk Championships
The 2020 edition of the Oceania 20km Race Walks Championships took place on Sunday (9th Feb), along Memorial Drive, Adelaide, Australia. Dane Bird-Smith (QLD) and Jemima Montag won the men’s and women’s the Oceania and Australian 20km Race Walking Championships (respectively) in Adelaide. As both already had raced the automatic qualifying time (men -1:21.00, women...
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January 31, 2020
Fiji’s Sprinter, Heleina Young, Awarded Inaugural Scholarship
Congratulations to Heleina Young on being awarded the inaugural Griffith University Oceania Australia Foundation Athletics Business Scholarship. Heleina has been creating waves in the athletics arena around the region and caught the eye of OAA when she became the fastest high school athlete in Fiji to go under 12 seconds at the 2018 Coca-Cola Games....
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January 28, 2020
Tokyo Qualifiers, Records, and GIO OzDay10k
The 2020 Athletics Season is well and truly underway, with Oceania Athletes producing outstanding results across the weekend. Whilst early in the season, results are showing positive signs as we head toward the Olympics, Paralympics and World U20 Championships. Recap: Hull and Baxter Set New Area Records: Article Palau: 4th Annual Koror Kolor Run: Article...
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January 26, 2020
Hull and Baxter Set New Area Records
Jessica Hull (Aus) sets a New Area Record at the 2020 World Athletics Indoor Tour (New Balance Indoor Grand Prix) in Boston, USA. In the women’s 1500m, Jessica Hull of Australia burst to the front in the final straight to win in 4:04.14, taking more than two seconds off the Oceanian indoor record. Matthew Baxter (NZL)...
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January 26, 2020
Palau: 4th Annual Koror Kolor Run

The 4th Annual Koror Kolor Run was a massive success in 2020.

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January 20, 2020
Maurie Plant: Tributes and Memories
Maurie Plant, Mr Athletics, the much loved Australia agent, team manager, coach and broadcaster, passed away peacefully and painlessly in hospital over the weekend. Maurie was a great friend to Oceania Athletics and many of our athletes and coaches throughout the Region – he will be missed by all. Maurie left behind a legacy which...
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January 10, 2020
2020 Melanesian Championships: New Location

The 2020 Melanesian Championships will be in Lautoka, Fiji on 24-25 June.

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January 9, 2020
NMA 38th Annual Christmas Island Relay
The Northern Marianas Athletics (NMA) hosted their 38th Annual Christmas Island Relay, on Saturday, December 28, 2019. The annual Island Relay has always attracted hundreds of running enthusiasts willing to cruise the 13.7 mile-long race across the western coast of Saipan starting from Pacific Islands Club (PIC) - San Antonio to the Last Command Post...
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Northern Mariana Islands
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December 16, 2019
Congratulations to newly elected OAA President Robin Sapong Eugenio of the Northen Mariana Islands

OAA Member Federations assembled today for a Special Congress to fulfil the role of Area President, a position previously held by Norfolk Island’s Geoff Gardner. The OAA Special Congress elected Robin to the position of Area President, effective immediately, until the next election in 2023. Robin has been an OAA Council Member since 2007, and…

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December 15, 2019
McSweyn claims Zatopek 10,000m Victory in Record Time

Stewart McSweyn capped a hugely successful 2019 with a win at the annual Zatopek 10,000m in Melbourne on Saturday night

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December 15, 2019
Sir Peter Snell, a New Zealand Athletic Legend who Always be Remembered

Three-time Olympic champion and world record-breaking middle-distance man from New Zealand passes away on the eve of 81st birthday.

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October 7, 2019
Day 9 & 10: Doha Report

Doha Report by Bob Snow

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October 6, 2019
Doha Report: Day 8

Doha Day 8 Report by Bob Snow

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October 6, 2019
Doha Day 7: Report

Doha Day 7 Report by Bob Snow

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October 4, 2019
Doha Report: Day 6

Day 6 Report from Doha World Championships.

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October 1, 2019
Doha Report: Day 3

Day 3 Doha Report

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September 30, 2019
Doha – Day Two

Doha Day 2 Report

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September 28, 2019
Day 1: Competition Begins

2019 World Athletics Championships, Doha Qatar

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August 22, 2019
Press Release: 2021 OCEANIA AREA CHAMPIONSHIPS

Oceania Athletics Association is pleased to announce Vanuatu as host of the 2021 Oceania Area Championships.

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August 6, 2019
Sally Pearson, one of Australia’s greatest Olympians, has announced her retirement. 

Congratulations to Sally Pearson on An incredible career, spanning across 16 years.

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March 16, 2019
Oceania Athletics Council 2019-2023

The Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) conducted the OAA Congress today on the Gold Coast.  The 20 Member Federations of the Association elected its new Council for the 2019 to 2023 period. The election was overseen by three Oceania Athletics Life Members, who acted as scrutineers, Bob Snow (AUS), Fletcher McEwen (AUS), and Vuli Waqa (FIJ)….

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July 13, 2020
Athlete of Photography: Interview with Casey Sims
Athlete of Photography; Interview with Casey Sims (Sports Scientist & Sports Photographer). Our very own 'Women In Sports' Photo Action Awards Amateur Winner 2020 sits down with Oceania to discuss her progression, training and goals as a Sports Photographer. "Growing as an athletics photographer has similar fundamentals to developing as an Athlete. You have to train,...
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June 28, 2020
Olympic Day 2020: How our MFs Celebrated
Olympic Day is celebrated on the 23rd of June and nowadays developing into much more than a run or just a sports event. Based on the three pillars “move”, “learn” and “discover”, National Olympic Committees are deploying sports, cultural and educational activities which address everybody - regardless age, gender, social background or sporting ability. Some...
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June 18, 2020
Oceania Area President Sapong: post-Covid-19, ‘I think we’re going to come out stronger’

World Athletics over the next six weeks, we’ll be featuring our Area in Focus series, a look at how our six Area associations are building momentum as lockdown restrictions around the world are beginning to ease. This week we’ll focus on Oceania and begin with an interview with Oceania Athletics Association president Robin Sapong Eugenio….

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June 15, 2020
Record Numbers for Palau Championships
Record numbers attend the 17th Edition of the Pristine Palau Half Marathon, 10k and 5k Championships. A total of 127 registered for the event which was hosted for the first time on a the World Athletics Certified route (Koror Side to downtown Koror and back). Mr. Fong from Hong Kong, came to Palau last year...
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