Team Fiji finished tied in 19th place with Uganda at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago. Fiji won a silver medal to the rugby sevens boys side while two bronze medals were won by rugby sevens girls side and swimmer David Young.
Meanwhile, the curtains fell on the games yesterday with an electric beach celebration at Pigeon Point in Tobago.
fIn a closing ceremony full of carnival colour, music and dancing, more than 1,000 athletes from around 70 Commonwealth Nations and Territories marked the end of the first Commonwealth Youth Games to take place in the Caribbean.
The closing ceremony signalled the end of six days of spectacular sport, with athletes competing in Aquatics (Swimming), Athletics, Cycling (Road Race, Time Trial, and Track) and Triathlon, as well as Rugby Sevens and Beach Volleyball.
History was made with an integrated Para-Athletics programme making its first appearance at a Youth Games. Netball’s shorter, faster format, FAST5, also made its debut.
The Youth Games are an established pathway towards the Commonwealth Games, and other major senior sporting events.
The Games provide an opportunity to showcase the stars of the future.
