221 articles tagged "athletics"
Pacific sprint king Banuve Tabakaucoro will make his Olympic Games debut in heat 2 of the Men’s 100m preliminary round this afternoon. Tabakaucoro has ran a season-best of 11.20 and is 520th in the world ranking.
Pacific sprint king Banuve Tabakaucoro who is representing Team Fiji in the 100 metres event has resumed his training for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan. An update from Team Fiji highlighted that he rested
One of Usain Bolt's favourites in the 100 metres at the Olympic Games this month is Trayvon Bromell who won the event at the US Olympic track and field trials. Bolt who is 34 years old retired in 2017 and will wat
American champion Sha'Carri Richardson cannot run in the Olympic 100-metre race after testing positive for a chemical found in marijuana. BBC News reports Richardson who won the 100 metres at the US Olympic trials
US Olympic champion Ryan Crouser’s has shattered the shot put world record that has stood for 31 years. FoxSports reports the 28-year-old defending champion easily won the US track and field trials, finally beati
Justin Gatlin was one of 420 athletes to take part in a test event at an empty Olympic stadium as preparations continue for the delayed Tokyo games. The event was held behind closed doors with Tokyo under a state o
The Fiji Secondary Schools Athletics Association and Coca-Cola will meet later today to decide on this year’s Coca-Cola Games. The secondary school's athletics competition was scheduled to be held from this Thurs
Marist Brothers High School will not have a runner in the senior boys 100m event in the Coca Cola Games. The President of the Suva Zone Two Athletics Association, Savenaca Muamua confirms Bronson Lee of Marist who
Nadi Sangam College will be bringing a smaller group of athletes for the Coca-Cola Games due to the effects of COVID-19. School Principal Nazerin Rehman says they usually bring more than 40 athletes but will only b
Some of the top contenders for the Senior Boys 100m race in the Coca-Cola Games had close finishes in the recent Athletics Fiji competition at the ANZ Stadium. Tevita Sokiveta of Suva Grammar School clocked an elec
Suva Grammar School long-distance champion runner John Riccardo will be one of the athletes to look out for in the Intermediate grade in the Coca-Cola Games next week. Riccardo won a gold medal in the Intermediate
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial High School student, Nirav Kumar says he wants to make his father proud in the Coca-Cola Games next week. Kumar who won gold in the sub-junior boys 400 metres and 800 metres in the Coca-Cola
Former Coca-Cola Games champion, Yeshnil Karan turned on exceptional pace to get into the all-time top 10 list for the 3,000 metres event in the Athletics Fiji Competition at the ANZ National Stadium. Karan who is
Athletes living in and around the Lautoka area will have another chance to improve their performance at a Athletics Fiji Competition at Churchill Park this weekend. It will give them the chance to gauge their perfo
Apenisa Talenaua aims to replicate what Tilesh Naidu did for Swami Vivekananda College and win the Senior Boys 100 metres title at the Coca-Cola Games. Talenaua ran a manual time of 10.69 seconds as he won the Seni
Despite the effects of COVID-19 being felt in Nadi, ex-scholars of Swami Vivekananda College have stepped in to ensure that the logistics are taken care of as the school prepares for the Coca-Cola Games. Team coach
“I need people to get faster in order for me to compete†This has been stressed by Pacific sprint king Banuve Tabakaucoro who failed to meet the Olympic qualifying time of 10.05 seconds despite finishing first
Pacific sprint king Banuve Tabakaucoro has failed to meet the Olympic qualifying time of 10.05 seconds despite finishing first in the National Easter Championship 100 metres open final at the ANZ Stadium. Banuve wh
The 100, 200, 400 metres final in the 2021 Fiji National Athletics Championships will be held tomorrow at the ANZ Stadium. Other events that will be held tomorrow includes the relay events, 3000 and 5000 metres fin
RKS Athletics coach Moape Vu and RKS rugby coach Nacanieli Saumi are currently being paid by the RKS Sports Committee. Committee Chairman Peni Senikarawa says they are also organizing the necessary financial suppor
