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Athletics Australia’s Life Memberships awarded Last week Athletics Australia has awarded two life memberships to Len Johnson from Victoria and  Laurie Keaton from NSW. Len Johnson’s association with athletics started in  the early 1970s when he began to train as a distance runner in Melbourne. As an athlete, he would say his best performance was in 1978…

Anti-Doping Vanuatu Last week Athletics Vanuatu held an Anti-Doping activity/course, which gather people both athletes and local coaches young and old with ages ranging from 15yrs – 32yrs for athletes and 35yrs – 48yrs for the coaches. Throughout the activity/course 66 athletes attended the awareness including 6 local coaches. Athletics Vanuatu’s President Jansen Molisingi was present at…

Down Syndrome World Championships Last week Portugal hosted the Sports Union for Athletes with Down Syndrome (SU-DS) World Championships in Athletics from 14th – 16th October 2017. For the first time Australia took part in the event sending Brisbane Athlete Andre Rivett, who competed in the Javelin, Shot Put and Discus. Andre finished 2nd in the…

Fiji’s Dash For Diabetes A week after the World Mental Day Athletics Fiji was at it again with their Kids’ Athletics Program at the annual Dash for Diabetes, which was organised by the Petero Civoniceva Foundation and was held on a beautifully clear Saturday morning. The 5km dash for diabetes is one of the many…