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July 20, 2017
Oceania Marathon and 10km Championships

The Oceania Championships for the 10km Road and Marathon took place on the Gold Coast, on the 1st and 2nd of July 2017. The races were held alongside the Gold Coast Marathon Festival. The races held in beautiful conditions, with still conditions greeting the runners. The Men’s and Women’s marathon where highlighted by a brilliant…

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July 20, 2017
Mary-Estelle Kapalu-Mahuk

As the 2017 Mini Games in Port Vila, Vanuatu, draw closer, many of the overseas teams and officials will have dealings with Mary Mahuk. She is part of the large team, which is working day by day to ensure the Games are a success. Her role is Sports and Pacific Games Association (PGA) Relations, looking…

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July 17, 2017
Tathitian wins French National Title

Congratulations to Raihau Maiau for winning his first French National Title in the Long Jump. The Tahitian jumper came 2nd in 2016 at the French National Championships and this year Raihau was able to take home the title with a jump of 8.22m. This jump would have been a World Championship Qualifier, but unfortunately not…

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June 25, 2017
Life Membership Bestowed on Two of Oceania’s Finest

The Oceania Athletics Association presented Life Membership to Mr Albert Miller (FIJ) and Mr Denis Wilson AM (AUS) at the Oceania Athletics Association Congress Dinner in Fiji at the time of the OAA Congress. Albert Miller has been involved in all facets of the sport of Athletics since a very early age.  Albert started out…

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June 24, 2017
Preview of Men’s Field Events & Decathlon

The High Jump looks to be a very close affair with none of the main competitors standing out from the pack with their 2017 form. Fiji NR Holder, Malakai Kaiwalu (2.09m in the Melanesian Championships in 2016), jumped 1.90m at this year’s Nationals.  Peniel Richard (PNG) has cleared 2.00m this season and in his last…

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June 24, 2017
Preview of Women’s Field Events & Hepathlon

The Senior Women’s High Jump should be won comfortably by PNG’s Rellie Kaputin. Rellie won the 2015 Pacific Games contest with a height of 1.77m. This year she has jumped 1.70m or higher eight times. The next best on the ranking list is Fiji’s Rosalia Raqato who cleared 1.60m earlier this year. The rest of…

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