Oceania’s best Olympic Games since 1968 (by the World Athletics Placing Table) See spreadsheet below for a full breakdown. Area Records: Peter Bol (800m), Ashley Moloney (Decathlon), Nicola McDermott (High Jump), & Jessica Hull (1500m) Medals: Silver: Nicola McDermott; Bronze: Ashley Moloney, Kelsey-Lee Barber, Valerie Adams, Tom Walsh Top 8 Places: 4th: Matthew Denny (Discus), Peter Bol...
Rellie Kaputin – PNG Long Jumper – Athletics Tokyo Olympian and Papua New Guinean long jumper, Rellie Kaputin talks about her road to the Games and reflects on some of the challenges that she faced along the way. Kaputin, entered the Games as the lowest ranked competitor in the long jump event but jumped 6.4Ms…
As we look back over the past week, we can reflect with a sense of satisfaction. A week where we can say that our Pacific Island athletes represented their countries with pride. By his own admission, Alex Rose (Samoa) didn't get the results he had hoped for in the men's discus. Still, he was the...
Congratulations Nathan Crumpton of America Samoa 🇦🇸 Nathan will be carrying the flag at the closing ceremony for ASA. Nathan competed in the 100m. Nathan Crumpton, a 35-year-old sprinter representing American Samoa. These days, he’s more accustomed to taking 15-to-17 steps, not triple that amount down the track. He also trains for the winter sport…
It’s hard to believe that the Olympics are almost at the end. After 5 years of waiting, Tokyo really did happen, and for one of our ever-green Technical Officials, it was an event like no other. Trevor Spittle is a member of the World Athletics, International Technical Officials’ Panels – one of five Oceania Officials:…
Ash Moloney, a phenomenal performance by the youngest man in the field, at just 21, is Oceania’s first decathlon Olympic or world championship medal in history – earning a bronze. Ash won Australia’s first athletics medal of the Tokyo Games, hanging tough through a gruelling second day to secure the Bronze Medal. The 21-year-old became…
