Congratulations Rellie Kaputin! For winning the Female Athlete of the Year award. An award that can go to any female athlete in any sport. A well-deserved award for the long jumper who made her Olympic debut, during the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. Kaputin performed well at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with a jump of 6.40m….
MAIKELI SERU – FIJI TIMES Fiji’s long distance champion Yeshnil Karan continues to blitz the tracks while preparing for the 2022 international athletics season. The former Fiji secondary schools sensation, who is training in Brisbane, Australia, moved into the fifth place of all time Fijian 3000 metres ranking list after he clocked eight (8) minutes and…
The Oceania Virtual Athletics Championships concluded over the final stages of 2021. A successful competition, it saw athletes from all corners of the Pacific. Athletes from 11 Federations entered and posted results across the 6 Divisions of the competition. 406 athletes took part overall, with the Senior division having 221 Athletes.
Oceania Athletics Technical Officiating and Basic Coaching Course As the year drew to a close Athletics PNG’s focus was in West New Britain Province, beginning with PNG Air Grand Prix from 26th Nov to 28th Nov, then an Oceania Technical Officiating Course from 29th Nov – 1st December followed by PNG Air National Athletics Championship from 3rd Dec – 5th December. After a one day break for everyone ,an Oceania Athletics…
Young PNG sprinter Monica Korowi made a great start to her Collegiate Athletics career in the United states last weekend. Competing for her school ( Wm Carey University) at Kansas State University in Manhattan , Monica clocked very pleasing times of 7.86 seconds for the 60m dash and 42.27 for the 300m. “Though Monica…
December doesn’t stop… 7 National Championships to be held in Oceania. Whilst most of the world is coming to a halt with athletics competitions in the lead up to Christmas, the Oceania Area is starting to kick off. December is going to be a busy month, with 7 Federations due to host their National Championships…