In an unusual move, the Solomon Islands placed the long-distance runner in its lone spot for the sprint at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. In the first track session at Stade de France, the 30-year ...
Solomon Islands has nominated a marathon runner to compete in women's 100 metre Olympic heats Friday -- to the surprise of ...
It was a story of overcoming adversity; a different kind of Olympic triumph. So, with that, the comparisons with Solomon Islands' Sharon Firisua were inevitable. A marathon runner, at home over ...
Long-distance runner Sharon Firisua was selected for the 100m sprints because she "was the only active athlete name in the system", Solomon Islands' Olympic chief has revealed, shedding light on a ...
The sprinter had not qualified for the 100m race but the Solomon Islands were granted a wildcard spot and officials granted the place to Firisua. Arunia, denied her Olympic dream aged 22 ...
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Sharon Firisua of the Solomon Islands resembled ... ambassador for the chain of islands in the western South Pacific, according to her Olympic bio.
PARIS (AP) — For Sharon Firisua of the Solomon Islands, the Olympics are not a marathon, they're a sprint. In a turn of events that could only happen here, the Solomon Islands placed the 30-year ...
Solomon Islands has three Paralympians – Cosmol Maefolia, James Gegeu and Junita Tonowane participating at the Paris 2024 ...
The Paralympians represent Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu ... football, AFL, cricket and ...
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