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PACIFIC GAMES WEEK TWO , DAY THREE MEDAL TALLY UPDATE

Pictured is Karo Iga who took gold in the men’s Decathlon. PICTURED Pacific Games News Service

As day three of week two begins, the current medal tally stands as below;

With two more days to go till the official closing ceremony of the 17th Pacific games this Saturday the 2nd of December , Papua New Guinea stands at the seventh placing on the Medal tally board with 11 gold medals , 18 silver and 16 bronze medals with a total of 45 medals so far. New Caledonia is still leading the medal tally board in the second week with 67 golds and 150 medals altogether , followed by Australia with 37 gold and 65 medals and followed closely on the third placing is Tahiti with 33 gold and 111 medals.

In Athletics , PNG did a tremendous job gaining medals with Karo Iga took gold in the men’s Decathlon while Edna Baofob bagged the silver for the women’s heptathlon. In running , Isila Apkup over took others to get the silver in the women’s 100 with an impressive finishing time of 11.86 seconds behind Australia’s female runner.

In Weightlifting , team PNG bagged medals with Diko Igo lifting Bronze for PNG in the women’s 63kg division while Samantha Gware came out triumphant in the 57kg division with a gold medal. Navillie Benson grabbed silver in the 47kg division.

As the final days approaching for the official closing of the 17 Pacific Games , final teams taking part this week are traveling to Solomon Islands for the last week of games. This week , teams from Hockey , Weightlifting ,athletics , soccer and women’s and men’s rugby touch go head to head with other teams from our neighboring sister countries.

Sourced from : sol2023.gems & Team PNG

Medal Tally sourced from: sol2023.gems as of 29/11/23

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