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OAA takes this opportunity to congratulate our three Merit Award Recipients, Deanna Sanitoa, Peoria Koshiba and Peter Hamilton. We thank them for their dedication to their Member Federations and Oceania Athletics Area Association. Deanna Sanitoa Deanna has been the General Secretary of ASA for more than 20 years. She has spent all of this time promoting athletics…

On the second day, at a dinner held on the eve of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22, congress granted World Athletics Service Awards. The Plaque of Merit (one per area) and Veteran Pins (three per area) were awarded to 24 individuals who had been recommended by their respective Area Associations. Due to the pandemic, on…

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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…