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Pacific Mini Games 2009 - Athletics - News
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Track kings claim 10 medals
PACIFIC track rulers Niko Verekauta and Makelesi Bulikiobo have achieved a milestone by winning five gold medals each in the 2009 Pacific Mini Games.
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Asenate is Tuvalu’s new history maker
SHE is the tiny Pacific Island of Tuvalu’s history maker.
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Mau bags bronze!
Proud Mau George shows off his bronze medal won in the shot put on Friday afternoon, with his partner Leah Nelio.
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Solomon athletes will suffer
THE Solomon Islands athletes have lost a lot from its government’s decision to pull out from the 2015 Pacific Games bid.
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Fiji maintains lead
FIJI has maintained its lead in the 2009 Pacific Mini Games medal tally count.
With a major haul in the athletics events, Team Fiji rounds up the first week of PMG on a successful note.
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With a major haul in the athletics events, Team Fiji rounds up the first week of PMG on a successful note.
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Pain and glory
They might have crossed the half marathon finish line on Saturday morning holding hands. But according to the race officials, Cook Islands athletes Ake Hosea-Winterflood (at right) pipped Mona Henderson by .05 of a second.
Hosea-Winterflood crossed the line in fourth place (women’s) in two hours 23 minutes and 34.31 seconds according to the official results.
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Hosea-Winterflood crossed the line in fourth place (women’s) in two hours 23 minutes and 34.31 seconds according to the official results.
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Tereapii wins a shot put bronze for Cook Islands
She may not have won gold today, but Tereapii Tapoki was our golden girl as she added another individual medal to the Cook Islands’ tally.
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Men’s 400m Hurdles was won at the mark
Jone Wainiqolo took great pains to ensure that the measurements of his starting blocks were exactly as he wanted them before the start of the race.
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Tuvalu wins its first medal
Asenate Manoa is proud that she has finally been able to give Tuvalu its first medal of the Pacific Mini Games 2009.
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Gold and Silver for Fiji in the Women’s 1500m
Kavita Maharaj of Fiji, winner of the women’s 1500m was presented with her medal by Vaine Arioka, the General Manager of the Bank of the Cook Islands.
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