Student athletes attend comp
Student athletes turned out in full force during the Athletics Fiji competition at the ANZ Stadium, Suva, yesterday. Athletics Fiji president, Vuli Waqa welcomed the students and indicated that the meet would help in their preparation for their zones and Coca-Cola Games.
The Coca-Cola Games is on April 22-24 and will be the platform to select national reps for the 2023 Pacific Games.
“This is the biggest far,” Waqa said.
“We thank Adi Cakobau School and Lelean Memorial School athletes for coming in numbers. “I think they are bringing down their reps to the Triple N Zone and Cokes.
“Athletics Fiji normally relies on Coke Games to select athletes to the Pacific Games or any other games.
“This is one way turnout for us so to have this to continue until the next Pacific Games. We work very closely with Athletics Fiji, and we are grateful to them for giving us assistance.”
Handicap race
Meanwhile, Pacific sprint king and Tokyo Olympics hopeful, Banuve Tabakaucoro, is wary of having lack of competition regionally and also internationally. Tabakaucoro is one of the four athletes from Fiji vying for an Olympic spot.
With COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on travels abroad, the Bau, Tailevu, native is only participating in the regular athletics meet organised by Athletics Fiji.
“Preparations have been tricky, I’m not going to lie,” he told SUNsports.
“There is lack of international competitions so I’m really hoping to get out and compete with some of the region and world’s best as well.
“So right now, we just have to go with the local competitions that we have.”
Tabakaucoro indicated that time had been improving.
“I’m just hoping more athletes turn out in numbers so that we can really have a go at those times,” Tabakaucoro said.
“It’s been improving but not at the rate that I want to.
“I’m just competing with the high school students and the elite athletes that are in our clubs right now.
“We are trying to do dome handicap runs where some athletes will start at the nine metre mark and I’ll start from the 100.
“I do not have a specific time right now, coach is gauging running techniques and stuff like that. “But if we are sitting at the 10 second we’re happy,” he added. Tabakaucoro, Eugene Volmer, Mustafa Falls and Eleina Young are our Olympic hopefuls. his
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