In the men’s race, defending Pacific Games champion Mowen Boino will have to deal with the pressure of losing his 110m hurdle gold last night to rising PNG hurdler Wala Gime.
Gime and Joshua Peniel will give their local hero a good challenge and the race is expected to be a one, two, three, finish for Papua New Guinea.
“I cannot underestimate my opponents but i must have a positive mind,” Gime said.
Boino in his last Pacific Games, and running on the tracks where he started his carrier will be using his experience gained over the years of dominance in the code as his weapon, and spectators are sure to be standing all the way to the finish line.
The games record is held by Boino with a time of 50.96 seconds.
In the women’s event, 2011 silver medalist Sharon Kwarulu will carry the nations hope as defending gold medalist Betty Burua of PNG is nursing an injury after the 100m hurdles last night.
While, Donna Koniel of Papua New Guinea and Lucie Turpin of New Caledonia are sure gold medal contenders.