Update: 1:59PM FIJI’s Youth and Sports Minister, Laisenia Tuitubou this morning opened the Oceania Weightlifting Championships Congress at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva.

Tuitubou said it was a pleasure for Fiji to host such an esteemed group of weightlifting officials in Fiji “for your congress and to join you in being a part of this auspicious event”.

Attendees included International Weightlifting Federation president Dr Tamas Ajan, and other IWF executives with Oceania WF president Marcus Stephen and other OWF executives with members of other federations. 

The Oceania championship begins this evening at the Vodafone arena with President Jioje Konrote to open the event at 5.45pm and the actual competition set to begin at 7pm.