Samoan iron woman completes gold haul at 3 Games

Ele Opeloge has successfully defended her Pacific Games 75kg women's crown for a third consecutive time.

The Samoan is the iron woman in the division,  winning gold in 2007, 2011 and today (2015).

 Opeloge won Samoa's gold in the snatch with a lift of 113kg, clean and jerk 132kg and overall total of 246kg.

Tracey Lambrechs of New Zealand settled for three silver medals, finishing second in the snatch, clean and jerk and overall total.

Luisa Peters from Cook Islands won bronze in the three categories.

Meanwhile, PNG weightlifter Loraine Harry missed out on any Pacific Games medals, but won gold in the Oceania Junior Championship 2015 division. 

Author: 
Charles Yapumi