Weightlifter, Vaipava Nevo Ioane, has done it.
During the early hours of yesterday morning, he lifted Samoa to medal glory at the Commonwealth Games by securing Team Samoa’s first medal at the competition in Scotland.
Ioane won a bronze medal in the men’s 62kg division. His total lift was 271kgs.
Coach Tuaopepe Jerry Wallwork said he was proud of his lifter and congratulated him for his efforts.
In the lead-up to the event, however, the contest was billed as the 'Battle of the South Seas' with Tuvalu's Lapua Lapua expected to be Ioane’s main challenger.
However, the gold medal was won by Dimitris Minasidis, of Cyprus with a total lift of 276kgs ahead of Sudesh Peiris, of Sri Lanka.
Ioane managed to to hold off a challenge from Papua New Guinea’s Morea Baru by one kilo.
Ioane’s strength was in the Clean and Jerk, lifting a total of 156kgs, the heaviest in the field of 20 weightlifters.
Other results:
Swimming heats -
Brandon Schuster in the 200m Freestyle heats Placed 6th in time of 2:03:13 mins
Evelina Afoa in 50m Freestyle heats Placed 2nd in time of 29:25 secs
Evelina Afoa in 100m Backstroke heat Placed 1st in time of 1:09:13 secs
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Boxing -
Henry Tyrell (Men’s Welterweight 69kg)
Lost to South Africa’s Tulani Mbenge 0-3
Paddy Leuii (Men’s Super Heavy 91+kg)
Lost to South Africa’s Paul Schafer 0-3
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Lawn Bowls –
Alofa Adams in Women’s Singles Results Alofa Adams 14 | NORTHERN IRELAND’s C.MCMILLEN 20
Edward Bell and Petelo Gabriel in Men’s Pairs SAMOA 11 | MALAYSIA 1
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