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…
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…
Tomas Walsh has gone from the edge of elimination to the Olympic podium once again. It was the first time in the 125-year history of the Olympics the podium was the same in an individual event with the same athletes in the same spots for consecutive Olympic Games. Gold to Ryan Crouser (23.30m Olympic Record,…
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