Adi wins her second gold

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Makereta Adi, right, of Lomary Secondary School, leads the open girls 3000 metres final at the ANZ Stadium yesterday. Picture: SOPHIE RALULU

Makereta Adi of Lomary Secondary School was in cloud nine yesterday as she won her second gold medal at the 2021 Coca-Cola Games Suva Zone Two meet held at the ANZ Stadium in Suva.

Adi won her first gold medal during the junior girls 1500 metres final on Tuesday and yesterday she dominated the 3000m event winning gold again.

Adi hails from Mataso Village in Ra. Since this is her second year taking part in the zone meet, Adi is confident she will stamp her mark on tracks.

“I also won a gold medal in the Suva Zone 1500 metres last year and my aim is to also win a gold medal in the Coca-Cola Games,” she said.

“I have been training so hard from last year and my aim was to compete in the 2020 Coca-Cola Games but unfortunately due to the pandemic the games got cancelled.

“But it did not affect my preparation because I kept training. “I had the support from my family and my school.

“Now that I have been given another chance to prove myself, I know I can do it because God is on my side.”

She said that without pain we cannot achieve our goal.

“After training I feel a lot of pain, I get leg cramps and it is so bad that it affects my training, but I never give up.

I go through that pain knowing that I will achieve something from it.

“The support from home has been tremendous and I am thankful to God for helping me and giving me the strength.”

She added that being the youngest she still remembers her late sister who has passed on.

She finds comfort in the Bible verse, which says that if you have faith in Christ nothing bad will happen to you.

Maria Qalolo of Nuku Secondary School came in second place while Miriama Saudromu came in third.

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