DIKA Toua won Papua New Guinea’s first medal at the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, in the women’s 53kg division. The Oceania and PNG champion won the silver medal, repeating her performance in the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. The woman from Hanuabada, who is based in Noumea, registered 82kg in the snatch and 111kg in the clean and jerk, hence registering a total of 193kg. Chika Analha from Nigeria won gold with a total of 196kg and Santoshi Masta of India got the silver. Male lifter Morea Baru also made an outstanding performance in the men’s 62kg division when he missed winning the bronze medal by 1kg. He lifted a total of 270kg while Samoan Ioane Vaipava lifted 271kg to get the bronze. The gold was won by Cyprus man Dimitris Minasidis and Sri Lankan Sudesh Peiris took the silver. Coach Lakani Oala said he was happy with the results, in that the three weightlifters including Fred Oala – who competed in the men’s 56kg division earlier in the week – were placed in the top 10 in their categories. PNG Facts/ PNGVILLAGE Comments are closed.
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