FIJI NATIONAL ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS – SUVA 15-16 April 2022 – Article by Bob Snow Normally Fiji is in a very enviable position having many excellent athletes identified through the hugely successful Coca Cola Games for secondary school athletes. However, the Covid pandemic has caused these to be either cancelled or postponed for three years, and…
Article by Len Johnson for World Athletics and Photographs Casey Sims Olympic fourth-place finisher Peter Bol closed the Brisbane Track Classic with a convincing win over a classy field in the men’s 800m, the brightest race on an uncharacteristically gloomy afternoon on Saturday (9). Persistent rain and swirling winds made life difficult for competitors across…
4 Medals – 1 Silver and 3 Bronze 5 Area Indoor Records 11 Top 8 Finishes An incredible result for Oceania at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Belgrade, Serbia. Australia claimed two medals, with high jumper Eleanor Patterson soaring to silver and Ash Moloney claiming back-to-back global bronze. New Zealand claimed 2 Medals with Tom Walsh continuing his…
Press Release 1st March 2022 Dame Valerie Adams has announced her retirement from Athletics. The four-time World champion, four-time World Indoor champion, two-time Olympic, three-time Commonwealth Games champion announced that she would be “hanging up her size 14 throwing shoes” at a press conference in Auckland, New Zealand this morning, Tuesday March 1st.Dame Valerie Adams,…
Sir Graeme Douglas International (World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze) attracted New Zealand’s top Athletes, with great results across the grounds. Leading the way was Portia Bing, who kick-started the track action by scalping 0.36 from her three-year-old national women’s 400m hurdles to run a stunning 55.50 on her way to an emphatic victory. Competing in…
REPORT FROM WORLD ATHLETICS Montag breaks Oceanian 20km race walk record in Adelaide Commonwealth champion Jemima Montag chopped 17 seconds off the long-standing continental record when winning at the Oceania & Australian 20km Race Walking Championships in Adelaide – a World Athletics Race Walking Tour Bronze meeting – on Sunday (13). The 23-year-old, who was contesting her…
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