Paris 2024: Track-less Tuvalu sends one-man team to Olympics
6 months ago

Paris 2024: Track-less Tuvalu sends one-man team to Olympics

The Hindu  

Athletes on Tuvalu train on the airport runway in the absence of a running track, but the tiny Pacific nation will still manage to send a one-man sprint team to the Paris Olympics. READ | Italy’s Jacobs runs best time since Tokyo Games victory With space at a premium, Tuvalu doesn’t have a proper running track. If people come and train here, they run on the airfield,” Melei Melei, secretary general of Tuvalu’s Olympic committee, told AFP. Maibuca, who studies and trains in Fiji, will represent Tuvalu at his second Olympics, having raced in the 100m three years ago in Tokyo.

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Associated Press  

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The Hindu  

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Athletics track for Paris Olympics is made in Italy - in purple
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China Daily  

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The Hindu  

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Associated Press  

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