Pacific Games and Fiji’s long distance champion Yeshnil Karan has hopes of qualifying for the Paris Olympic Games alive.

More than 250 athletes from 13 Pacific nations including Fiji will be supported by the Australian government as they prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

World marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach Gervais Hakizimana died in a traffic accident on Sunday, former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said on social media platform X.

Former world champion sprinter James Magnussen has agreed to come out of retirement and undertake a course of banned supplements to try to break the long-standing world record in the 50-metre freestyle.

Spain’s world 5,000 metres silver medallist Mo Katir has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for missing three doping tests in the past year.

Shawn Barber, the Canadian record holder and 2015 world champion in pole vault, has died at the age of 29.

The doping spotlight is once again on Russia after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) cleared the way for the country’s athletes to compete at next year’s Paris Summer Games as neutrals.

Athletics Fiji is gearing up for an exciting year ahead with a regional competition set to be hosted in the country next year.

A new national 5000 meters record has been set by Yeshnil Karan.

Being selected to represent the country in the long-distance run is an honour for Vishant Reddy.

Despite the relative obscurity of triathlon in Fiji, Charis Kwong remains undeterred in the pursuit of her dreams.

Athletes Commission Representative to the Pacific Games William Bennion urges the nation to rally behind our athletes as they prepare to embark on their journey to the Solomon Islands in just five days.