{"id":367689,"date":"2026-04-07T10:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/367689\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T10:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:47:11","slug":"karan-out-of-action-for-few-weeks-fbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/367689\/","title":{"rendered":"Karan out of action for few weeks \u2013 FBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yeshnil.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>[Source:Yeshnil Karan\/Facebook]<\/p>\n<p>Fiji\u2019s long-distance champion, Yeshnil Karan, will be out of action for the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The former Tavua College student posted on his social media page that he had surgery over the weekend after being diagnosed with appendicitis.<\/p>\n<p>He said it all happened quickly, but the operation went well and he\u2019s now recovering.<\/p>\n<p>Karan will miss the next few competitions, and said it was tough because he was in good form.<\/p>\n<p>Article continues after advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Pacific Games gold medalist will be getting back into training in early May and is looking forward to building towards the Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, despite a disrupted pre-competition phase, Karan, delivered an impressive performance at the New Zealand Athletics Championships, finishing 4th in the 3000 metres steeplechase.<\/p>\n<p>His training had been affected by flooding and wet conditions in Yaladro, Tavua, forcing him to train on unsuitable roads.<\/p>\n<p>He clocked 9:21.98 in the steeplechase and narrowly missed the podium in a competitive race to start his 2026 competition season, while managing niggling foot pain.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[Source:Yeshnil Karan\/Facebook] Fiji\u2019s long-distance champion, Yeshnil Karan, will be out of action for the next few weeks. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-367689","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}