Athletics Fiji in conjunction with FASANOC, IAAF, Oceania Athletics and the IOC conducted a 2 week long coaching workshop that was facilitated by Albert Miller Snr and assistant lecturer Makelesi Bulikiobo.
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2019 PACIFIC GAMES
Athletics Fiji had a goal of winning a total of 11 gold medals but fell short by 1 gold medal. Despite public back lash about team selection and the continuous athletes subjugation on social media, the team performed exceptionally well compared to the 2015 Pacific Games team.
FIRST TIME FIJI JOINS #FIRSTMILE
Four of Fiji’s national athletes joined 50 children and adults in Suva to for the Fiji Run 24-1 to kick start the IAAF Run 24-1 We had about 50 plus participants and 3 Athletics Fiji officials.
FALL SMASHES NATIONAL SHOT PUT RECORD
National Record holder in the Shot Put, Mustafa Fall, set a new national record last weekend at the Kansas Relays, USA. Fall has become the first Fijian to throw the 7.26kg shot put 17.00m.
FIJI GAMES – ROAD TO SAMOA 2019
The 2019 XVI Fiji Games Athletics Program will be held on Saturday the 20th of April as Athletics Fiji look towards bettering their outing from the 2015 Pacific Games and the 2017 Mini Pacific Games.
WORLD ATHLETICS INTRODUCE NEW DUAL QUALIFICATION PROCESS FOR OLYMPICS
The IAAF Council has approved the qualification system and entry standards for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and the timetables for three World Athletics Series events to be held in 2020, at its meeting in Doha today.
THE 1994 REWA DAIRY GRAND PRIX
In this edition of Flashback Friday, we re-visit the 1994 Rewa Diary Grand Prix
2019 ATHLETICS FIJI GRAND PRIX SERIES & PACIFIC GAMES TRIALS #2
The 2019 Athletics Fiji Grand Prix Series will be held in conjunction with Athletics Fiji's second Pacific Games trials. There will be 3 rounds held on 3 consecutive weekends starting with round 1 this weekend (8th & 9th February)
DR. ROBIN MITCHELL
Dr Robin Mitchell is one of the most respected sports administrators in the Pacific region and one of very few Fiji Sports Administrators to have achieved recognition at both regional and international levels.
VILIAME LIGA
Liga was the dominant force in javelin in Fiji for 20 years and was one of the region’s greatest Javelin throwers in the 60’s and early 70’s. His National Record of 72.09 meters, set in 1966, stood for more than 20 years, and may well still be standing, were it not for a change in the javelin in 1988.