Taekwondo

Hetana defeated silver medallist Zhanna Sattsaeva of New Zealand in the 67kg category, winning the two rounds.

In the first round, Hetana took out the New Zealander 11-1 and maintained form to win the second round by a huge margin 20-7 despite suffering a knee injury.

 Hetana said it was a proud moment for her to win gold on home soil.

“It means a lot to me because I have sacrificed a lot to achieve this result.

"I aimed to get gold and it’s a great moment to fulfil this,” she said.

Emily Kwoaetolo from Solomon Islands received the bronze. 

Crystal Mari levelled with Lango Vamule Vassy Mata of Vanuatu to win bronze in the female individual kata. Fiji’s Naomi Bakani won silver and Angelique Mondoloni of New Caledonia took the gold.

In the male individual kata, Cosmas Saliawali drew with Noa Lucas of Tahiti to take out bronze while New Caledonia’s Minh Dack grabbed gold and Fiji’s Anthony Yam won silver.

The PNG male team consisting of Saliawali, Lonard Gariadi and Nigel Bana finished third to take out bronze.  New Caledonia demonstrated clever kicks and techniques to grab gold over Fiji who took the  silver.

Willie with seven members of his team arrived this afternoon after spending three months of intensive training in Adelaide, South Australia.

The Central Province lad described the training as "tough but I tried my best to help improve my fighting skills."

It was Willie's first overseas travel and it was all tears of joy when he arrived home as pictured with his mum, Rema.

 The 21 year old feels nervous as he debuts on home soil but promises to do his best.