Athletics

Olympics no longer Semenya's major goal amid court fight

Double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya’s major aim is no longer to win medals but to continue her legal battle against World Athletics to overturn requirements that female athletes with differences in sexual development (DSDs) medically reduce their testosterone levels.

October 31, 2023 6:14 am
 

Athletics

Garcia golden after Pan Am Games race walk comes up short

Peru’s Kimberly Garcia won gold in the Pan American Games women’s 20-kilometre race walk on Sunday but times were voided and precious Paris Olympic ranking points lost after it was discovered the course was several kilometres short.

October 30, 2023 5:34 am
 

Athletics

Fijian athletes shine in Queensland athletics competition

Twenty-two-year-old Yeshnil Karan made an impressive mark at the Queensland Athletics competition by achieving the second-best time ever by a Fijian athlete in the 3,000 meters.

October 23, 2023 12:43 pm
 

Athletics

China to host opening two events in 2024 Diamond League

The 2024 Diamond League will begin its 15-stop season with two meets in China, in Xiamen and Shanghai, in April while Brussels will stage the two-day season finale in September, organisers said.

September 27, 2023 5:06 am
 

Athletics

Inoke to miss Pacific Games

Former blue ribbon and Fiji Secondary School long jump record holder Waisale Inoke is not part of Athletics Fiji’s final squad for the Pacific Games.

September 26, 2023 6:36 am
 

Athletics

Ethiopia's Tsegay shatters women's 5000 metres world record

Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay smashed the women’s 5,000 metres world record with a run of 14 minutes 00.21 seconds on Sunday at the Eugene Diamond League finale, breaking Kenyan Faith Kipyegon’s previous mark set in June.

September 18, 2023 12:15 pm
 

Athletics

Coleman, Jackson upset world champions in Diamond League final

American Christian Coleman stunned world champion Noah Lyles to win the men’s 100 metres at the Diamond League final in Eugene, Oregon as Jamaican Shericka Jackson took the women’s sprint title.

September 17, 2023 12:14 pm
 

Athletics

Jackson plans to take aim at Flo-Jo's 200m world record

Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson will take aim at the women’s 200 metres world record, one of the oldest athletics records on the books, on Friday at the Memorial Van Damme, the penultimate event on the Diamond League schedule.

September 8, 2023 12:16 pm
 

Athletics

Lyles changes mind, will race at Diamond League Final

Top American sprinter Noah Lyles has decided to race one more time this season after all having won three gold medals at the World Championships last month.

September 7, 2023 4:07 pm
 

Athletics

Former sprint queen calls for more international exposure

Former Fijian sprint queen, Makelesi Bulikiobo-Batimala believes more international exposure is needed for our athletes.

September 4, 2023 12:36 pm
 

Athletics

Athletics Fiji in search of venues

Athletics Fiji is now finding alternative venues to have their athletes train and prepare for the Pacific Games.

September 2, 2023 12:27 pm
 

Athletics

Richardson backs up world 100m gold in Zurich

Newly crowned world champion Sha’Carri Richardson stormed to victory in the women’s 100 metres at the Weltklasse Diamond League meeting.

September 1, 2023 6:05 am

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