Athletes from Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Portugal will face more stringent out-of-competition (OOC) testing to be eligible for the Paris Olympics as their national testing programmes are not sufficient, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Monday.

Team Fiji athlete Deborah Bulai is expected to spearhead the country’s quest for medals at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva.

Athletes from Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Portugal will face more stringent out-of-competition (OOC) testing to be eligible for the Paris Olympics as their national testing programmes are not sufficient, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said.

Over 200 athletes are expected to converge in Suva this week to participate in the Terre de Jeux 2024 relay race.

Marist Brothers High School concluded their three-day inter-house event with Claudius emerging as the victor, securing 25 gold, 12 silver, and 13 bronze medals.

Suva Muslim College athlete Wilson Fatiaki is geared up to compete in the upcoming Zone meet, and possibly the Coca-Cola games.

Mokosoi is currently leading the medal tally at the Adi Cakobau School inter-house athletics meet, currently underway at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva.

The Fiji Secondary Schools’ Athletics Association began their Officials Training last Friday at Suva Grammar School Hall in conjunction with Athletics Fiji and Oceania Athletics.

Suva Grammar Schools three-day “battle of the colours” inter-house concluded this afternoon at the newly renovated HFC Bank Stadium.

Christian Coleman raced to his second global 60 metres title at the world indoor championships on Friday, exploding out of the blocks with his reliably fast start to edge American team mate Noah Lyles by three-hundredths of a second.

Degei House is the new champions of the Ratu Kadavulevu School interhouse.