Weightlifters

PNG’s junior weightlifters bag medals

The champions arrived with a medal each around their neck showing their waiting friends and families that it was a successful event for the PNG weightlifters.

The team of eight weightlifters had a great campaign in Apia, Samoa winning medals in three respective categories, youth, junior and U23.

Weightlifters challenged to perform

This will only become a reality as long as they train and attend competitions to meet the minimum qualification standards.

That includes top athletes and 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Dika Toua and Steven Kari who missed out on the recent Rio Olympics.

This is the word from Papua New Guinea Weightlifting President Sir John Dawaninicura in an interview with Loop PNG news yesterday (Saturday) in Lae.