221 articles tagged "athletics"
Team Fiji sprinter and former Nakasi High School student Waisake Tewa has been selected by Athletics Fiji for the 2024 World Indoor Championships. The championships are set to take place from the 1st-3rd March 2024
Team Fiji Athletics track and field teams have hit the ground running in Honiara as they are geared up for the start of the track and field competitions tomorrow. Team Fiji have fielded a young team this year and wi
Atma Maharaj, who is the personal coach and manager of 22-year-old Yeshnil Karan, has today confirmed that Karan has broken a 30-year-old 5,000 metres national record by 15 seconds with a time of 14 minutes and 31.73 se
New Zealand athletics icon Dame Valerie Adams has been elected as World Athletics Athletes' Commission chair following the first meeting of its membership this week. The double Olympic shot put gold medallist and
Fijian athlete Yeshnil Karan recorded the 2nd best time in the 3,000 metres open race at the Queensland Athletics competition yesterday. The 22-year-old from Tavua, clocked an impressive 8 minutes 21.57 seconds to
Athletes who wish to participate in the Pacific Games, Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games must hold a passport of the country they represent. This was highlighted by the Pacific Games Council President, Vidh
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial High School sprinter and Coke Games gold medalist Kesaia Boletakanakadavu finished her 100m event with a Personal Best time of 12.46s at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Dawasamu Secondary School sprinter, Vetinia Soli have won her second gold medal at Coca-Cola Tailevu Zone after winning the senior girls 200 metres final. The 18-year-old says she was happy with her performance tod
Claudius House has won the 2023 Marist Interhouse with a total medal tally of 26 gold, 16 silver and 16 bronze. They also won the Sub-Junior and Junior Boys Division titles. Augustine came in second with 14 g
Blue House has reigned supreme in Suva Grammar School interhouse that concluded at the HFC Bank Stadium today. Blue House scooped 32 gold, 21 silver and 21 bronze while Yellow House came in second with 26 gold, 24
Green house is currently leading the Suva Grammar School's inter-house competition medal tally with 11 gold, 12 silver and 10 bronze. Blue House is in 2nd place with 11 gold, 8 silver and 8 bronze medals while Yell
Siblings Adi Ama and Adi Fulori Masau are excited to be leaving our shores shortly as part of the Team Fiji contingent to the World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, NSW, next week Saturday. This includes le
A team of 9 athletes will be sent by Athletics Fiji to compete at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, NSW on 18th February 2023 in the hopes of reviving middle and long-distance running in Fiji.
Jamaica's eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award at BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Bolt is the fastest sprinter in history and retired in 2017 as a 19
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial High School has set the target to win the boys and girls titles in the 2025 Coca-Cola Games. The school which had never won the 100 metres Senior Girls and Boys events created history in the
The world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt has applied for a trademark of his iconic victory pose. The Jamaican sprinter, who swept the 100 metres and 200 metres race over three Olympics and won eight gold medals overal
14-year-old Rositalei Vulikaci is looking forward to running on the tracks at the HFC Bank Stadium for the first time when she participates in the Coca Cola Maritime Zone tomorrow. Vulikaci will take part in the Su
Yeshnil Karan has finished in 11th place in the Men's 1,500 metres heats at the Commonwealth Games last night. This was Karan's first appearance at the Games and he was up against some of the best long-distance ru
Banuve Tabakaucoro was disqualified for a false start in the preliminary round of the men’s 100m at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA. Tabakaucoro did not feature in the men’s 200m. He is u
Yeshnil Karan has won his second medal after winning the 1,500 metres while Pacific Sprint King Banuve Tabakaucoro bagged his third gold medal after coming in first in the 200 metres final at the Pacific Mini Games in S
