THE Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee
(PNGOC) is vying on winning medals at the upcoming Mini Pacific Games to
improve results compared to the 2009 games.
PNGOC secretary general Mrs Auvita Rapilla
(pictured right) assured that there was hope in the PNG contingent to win more medals and to
improve results.
Team PNG will be competing in all
eight sports: Athletics, Rugby 7s (mens), Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Va’a,
Weightlifting, Sailing and Taekwondo.
“We will definitely improve our
results this time,” Rapilla said.
At the last Mini Pacific Games in Cook
Islands, 2009, PNG finished 11th behind Pacific neighbours Vanuatu, Tonga and
Solomon Islands.
This year, PNGOC included athletics
and weightlifting to the programme, two sports that did not compete in the 2009
Games.
Rapilla
said that medals can be won through individual sports like athletics and
weightlifting.
Rapilla added that the Games will
gauge their level of performance before the 2015 Pacific Games.
- From The National, Friday
July 26
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