The Papua New Guinea athletics’ team is basing themselves on the Gold Coast. The team is in preparation for the upcoming World Athletics Cross Country Championships, as well as other International Meets in 2023. Athletics Papua New Guinea would not have been able to do undertake this project without the support of the World Athletics Olympic…
George Yamak Papua New Guinea By BOB SNOW George was born 30th December 1988, in the village of Wasua near Balimo in Western Province. Moving to his father’s village, Upiara, in the South Fly district, George began his athletics career. Initially he just ran for fun and was not part of an organised competition. His potential was…
Athlete Profile: Isila Apkup PNG Article By Bob Snow Isila was born 15th August 1998 at Ambunti Health Centre and raised in Waskuk Village, in the Ambunti District of the East Sepik Province. Her early endeavours in Athletics came when she was a student at Ambunti High School. She later moved to the “big smoke” of…
Young PNG sprinter Monica Korowi made a great start to her Collegiate Athletics career in the United states last weekend. Competing for her school ( Wm Carey University) at Kansas State University in Manhattan , Monica clocked very pleasing times of 7.86 seconds for the 60m dash and 42.27 for the 300m. “Though Monica…
Sprinter Leroy Kamau has completed his competition programme in the United States and now heads the PNG Ranking list for 2021 in both the 100m and 200m, with clockings of 10.71secs and 21.48secs respectively.Following a period of three weeks in Kansas with his PNG teammates settling into the USA, Kamau moved to California in May…
Part one of the 2021 PNG Air Athletics Grand Prix Series which concluded in Port Moresby today saw some encouraging performances from the next generation of PNG representative athletes. Outstanding performances on the track were seen from Dilu Goiye of Simbu who was a runaway winner in the 5000m and also ran second in a…