Written by Bob Snow, Athletics PNG and Oceania Athletics Life Member The year has been quite unlike any experienced in my lifetime. The Corona pandemic has played havoc with our lives, and made it extremely difficult for sporting competitions to follow their normal seasons. As such it is to their credit that Athletics PNG has…
Three members of the National Track and Field Team joined 28 other participants from 16 sports in attending the Team PNG Hero Programme last week in Port Moresby. Poro Gahekave , Sharon Toako and Jacklyne Travertz were all nominated by Athletics PNG to undertake the training at the invitation of the PNG Olympic Committee.The Team PNG HERO Programme is…
Sharon Toako set a new PNG national record for the women’s discus in Port Moresby last weekend with a distance of 38.96metres, eclipsing the mark of 38.46 set by heptathlete Iammo Launa in 1993, also in Port Moresby. Toako is better known as the National Record Holder and 2019 Pacific Games gold medallist in the…
Sunday the 1st of November witnessed another impressive line-up of athletes and supporters for the running of 2020 Around the Island Relay. With 80 competitors registered this year, it was a large field that gathered at Gallows Gate for the sunrise start. The ‘blue ribbon’ category of individual runners was contested by five gutsy athletes...
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...
For thousands of athletes around the world the news of the postponement of the Olympic Games has put an end to the anxiety and stress they were experiencing as a result of all the uncertainty over whether the Games would happen in July or not. For several weeks the IOC and Host Nation Japan held...
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