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RUN Saipan’s community spirit remains strong amid recovery efforts, as its president, Edward Dela Cruz Jr., and a small group of runners hosted on Monday morning an unsanctioned group run with no timing and no formal setup — just plain running.

THE road to the 2026 Oceania Athletics Championships in Darwin, Australia has not just been measured in meters and seconds for Team NMI — it has been measured in resilience.

FOR many athletes, the weight of the bar is the heaviest burden on the platform. But for the NMI’s very own Aiden Gimed, the greatest challenge was not the physical 112kg load — it was the mental battle within.

IN a display of community resilience and a nod to a galaxy far, far away, Run Saipan held its 6th Annual Star Wars Run: May the 4th Be With You group run on Monday morning at the Garapan Fishing Base.

THE CNMI continues to make international waves as Leowell Cristobal earned two separate medals — a bronze in the clean and jerk at the 2026 IWF Universal Cup and a silver medal at the Oceania Weightlifting Championships — in the highly competitive 65 kg weight class on Tuesday in Apia, Samoa.