Picture credit: Team PNG
By Claire Mauta
Papua New Guinea’s Weightlifting Champ, Morea Baru, has made his home country proud after placing 5th in the Men’s 61kg.
Mr. Baru who is a third time Olympian was seen ecstatic of his achievement after
beating his two Olympics debut from the Rio 2016 where he placed 6th and Tokyo 2020
where he was place 10th .
Mr. Baru said, “I did not do well in the snatch, I knew I had to do a big clean & jerk to
give myself a good total. Upon hearing my result, I was happy that all three lifts where in
the clean & jerk.”
Weight lighting Coach, Willie Tamasi said, “it was a huge achievement for Morea and
for the country, even though the results were not expected in the snatch, Morea pulled
off the three attempts in the clean & jerk to put him in a good position.”
“Morea definitely went down with a fight and they are proud of the effort he put in to
stay in the top 5 with an amazing result,” said Tamasi.
