Update: 10:11AM Gold medals in swimming, touch football, va’a, weightlifting and shooting will be decided today at the Port Moresby 2015 Pacific Games.
At the BSP Arena swimmers will be competing in the women’s
200m breaststroke and 200m freestyle while the men will battle it out in the
100m butterfly and the 4x200m freestyle relay.
In touch football, the men’s and women’s action comes to a
head at the Bisini Grounds venue with semifinals starting the day at 9am. The
women’s gold medal game begins at 2pm with the men’s final scheduled for 3pm.
It will be a quick turnaround for some of the players though, as the three-day
mixed touch football competition begins on Wednesday.
Va’a (outrigger canoe) also continues with four more races
at the Lancron Naval Base venue. The men’s and women’s V1 (one person) 500m
sprint heats begin at 9am and the day finishes with the fast and furious action
of the men’s and women’s V12 500m events. Finals are every 15 minutes from 2pm.
Competition in weightlifting is gradually making its way up
to the heavier divisions at the aptly named PNG Power Dome. Today will see
snatch, clean and jerk and total medals decided in women’s -69kg and -75kg
classes as well as the men’s -85kg and -94kg categories.
The women’s 25m pistol and mixed 25m pistol events are the
two gold medals to be decided at the June Valley Shooting Range’s indoor venue,
but Tahiti will be looking to continue its good start having won three of four
gold medals on Monday.
