Image Credits – Photo by Hanna Lassen / Getty Images for the Australian Olympic Committee Papua New Guinea track and field athlete Rellie Kaputin, road to qualifying for the #Tokyo2020 Olympics. Rellie, like many other Pacific athletes, has faced significant challenges in completing final training programs and critical qualifying events due to the impact of COVID-19.Now, thanks to…
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Written by Bob Snow, OAA Life Member 3RD OCEANIA CUP #1 – Runaway Bay, Gold Coast – 5th June 2021 Competition was held on 5th June 2021. There were three competing teams – Australia U20, New Zealand and Oceania Select. In addition to those striving for points in the cup, there were many top senior…
Written by Bob Snow – OAA Life Member Oceania Athletics is pleased to announce a return of the Oceania Cup Team Competition to the Oceania Invitational Series. The Oceania Cup was awarded in 2001 and 2003, both the University of Queensland Team who was representing Australia at the competitions. This year’s editions will be awarded…
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Tokyo Bound, Alex Rose (Athletics Samoa Inc) has improved the Samoan National Discus Record to 67.48m to win the men’s discus at the USATF Throws Festival in Tucson, Arizona. Rose is going strength to strength in the lead up to the Olympic Games, with several competitions now over the elusive 65m mark (Olympic standard). It…