Sharon Firisua struggled to keep up with her fellow contenders in the women’s 100-metre preliminaries

Firisua made her Olympic debut in Rio 2016, competing in the women’s 5000m and then the women’s marathon

😬Sharon Firisua🇸🇧 of Solomon Islands holds the National Record in the 1500m, mile, 3000m, 3000mSc,

Firisua is one of only two athletes from the Solomon Islands competing at the Paris Games.Michael Kuali

take part in the 100m, but the National Olympic Committee opted to make the controversial decision for Firisua

The Solomon Islands Olympic committee’s decision has raised a huge controversy in the country’s Athletic Federation.

Two time Olympian Sharon Firisua, a distance runner, who is the National champion in 1500 metre, was

Athletics Federation’s president Michael Kuali and the Solomon Islands sprint champion Jovita Arunia.Sharon Firisua

Instead, the Olympic Committee had decided to give the wildcard to Firisua.

 Firisua finished 72nd in the marathon run at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The flagship sport of the games will commence today, November 27, at the XVII Sol2023 Pacific Games, running from Monday, November 27, to Saturday, December 2, at the Honiara National Stadium. It will feature 400 athletes from 22 countries and territories in 29 track and field events.

sprint kings and queens in the 100m and 200m.In the middle and long-distance events, local athlete Sharon

Firisua, who also holds the record for the 5000m in the Pacific Games, will capture all attention as

Solomon Islands made history at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games and will compete at Birmingham 2022 with one eye on their own hosting duties.

able to take part in Solomon Islands colours at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.These were marathon runner Sharon

Firisua, swimmer Edgar Iro and weightlifter Mary Kini Lifu."

Fijian President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere has received the Queen’s Baton at the State House as it continued its journey across Oceania.

behalf of the Solomon islanders as a Commonwealth country," long distance runner and double Olympian Sharon

Firisua said.In Papua New Guinea, the Baton touched down at Boram Airport where it was received by Grand

Solomon Islands - July 2022Solomon Islands made history at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games and will compete at Birmingham 2022 with one eye on their own hosting duties.

able to take part in Solomon Islands colours at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.These were marathon runner Sharon

Firisua, swimmer Edgar Iro and weightlifter Mary Kini Lifu."

Vanuatu’s Margaret Kuras won the women's half marathon at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games today (July 20) despite running wearing only socks on her feet.

of the Games, after winning silver in the 10,000m on Thursday.Matekali and Solomon Islands team mate Sharon

Firisua claimed silver and bronze respectively.Matekali finished in 1:30.10 while Firisua was third

in 1:32.36.Dianah Matekali and Solomon Islands team mate Sharon Firisua claimed silver and bronze respectively

an attempt at the pole vault at Apia Park on Wednesday ©Games News ServiceWomen's 10,000m champion Sharon

Kikini Firisua checks her time as she crosses the line ©Games News ServiceThe field rounds a bend during

Alex Beddoes of the Cook Islands completed the men’s middle-distance double at Samoa 2019 by triumphing in the men’s 1500 metres final here today.

Leonie Beu, who won silver in 55.71.Tahiti’s Takina Bernardino claimed bronze in 56.70.Solomon Islands’ Sharon

Kikini Firisua produced a dominant performance in the women’s 10,000m as she eased to victory in a time

Vanuatu table tennis player Yoshua Shing and athlete Sharon Firisua of the Solomon Islands have won the

his haul of four gold medals from the four events he competed in at the event on home soil.Olympian Firisua

Tahiti has been suspended as a member of the Pacific Games Council (PGC) for "political interference" after the Government boycotted the Pacific Mini Games in Vanuatu.

Simbai Kaspar.Solomon Islands repeated the feat in the women's 10,000m as multiple continental champion Sharon

Firisua triumphed in 39:25.4Firisua's compatriot Dianah Matekali earned silver in 40:34.80, and New

A full report on performances at July's Pacific Games in Port Moresby has been formally submitted to the Government by the National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (NOCSI).

table behind the host nation, New Caledonia, Tahiti, Fiji, Samoa, Australia and Nauru.5,000m runner Sharon

Firisua won one of seven Solomon Islands gold medals at Port Moresby 2015 ©Port Moresby 2015Ministerial

Papua New Guinea finished top of the Pacific Games medals table for only the second time in the their history as their athletes produced another excellent performance here on the final day of competition at Port Moresby 2015.

, crossing the line ahead of Tahiti’s Georges Richmond and Fiji's Avikash Lal.In the women’s race, Sharon

Firisua of Solomon Islands sealed a hat-trick of Port Moresby 2015 golds as she added the half-marathon

Papua New Guinea’s sprinters sent the home crowd into raptures as they claimed all six 400 metres Pacific Games medals by sweeping the podium in both the men’s and women’s events to round off the third evening of athletics finals here in style.

Stadium celebrated the performances of their athletes.It was also an excellent night for Solomon Islands' Sharon

Firisua, who added the women’s 10,000m crown to the 5,000m title she earned on Monday (July 13), to

Sharon Firisua of the Solomon Islands produced a dominant display to take gold in the women’s 5,000

Firisua, lapped twice in the 5,000m race at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow last year in a race won