Athletics Fiji is hoping to send a team of eight to 12 athletes to the 2023 World Cross Country Championship in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia next week.

This year’s Coca-Cola Games will be held in May.

World Athletics has proposed continuing to allow transgender women to compete in female international track and field events.

Athletics has helped in character building for younger athletes.

Former athlete and current Nadi Athletics Association President Ilisapeci Navula believes athletics should be encouraged in schools around the country.

Athletics Fiji’s weekly meet has helped boost the confidence of athletes from various clubs around the country.

Giving athletes a platform to grow in athletics is the ultimate goal of former runner and current Nadi Jets coach Ilisapeci Navula.

Athletics Fiji is encouraged by the influx of athletes as they wrap up the 2022 season.

Athletics Fiji believes having associations will boost the numbers they need and help keep the sport alive.

More athletics associations are expected to be up and running next season.

Fiji through the Fiji Paralympics Committee is the first country in the Pacific Islands to be an accredited member of Virtus.

The lack of female athletes in sprint events is a worry for Athletics Fiji as it looks toward the 2023 Pacific Games.