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Seven athletes attend Commonwealth Youth Games
Seven Samoan athletes are representing the country at the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Caribbean which officially got underway last Friday.
The games are being held in the Caribbean island state of Trinidad and Tobago and are the seventh edition. The 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games is an international youth sporting event for member states of the Commonwealth. It will run from 4–11 August 2023 and is a delayed event similar to the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games are the first to be held since the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the accession of King Charles III as Head of the Commonwealth and the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms last October. They are also the first to be held in the Caribbean.
The games were initially planned to be held in 2021 from 1–7 August but were postponed to this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Team Samoa consists of seven athletes from athletics and swimming. The Team Samoa management is made up of swimming coach Suzie Schuster, athletics coach Nonu Ah Chong Sam Chong, and is led by the Chef de Mission, Sula Tagifano So’onalole-Sam Chong, and General Team Manager Sifuiva Maureen Epati-Tuimaleali’ifano
Athletics
NAME |
AGE |
GENDER |
EVENT |
BEST PERFORMANCE |
|
Mikayla Sola Villages -Faleula |
17 |
Female |
Discus Throw |
NZ U18 Champion (Hammer Throw) NZ 2nd Ranked College (Discus Throw) 1st International Competition (CYG2023) |
Shera Jayjay |
16 |
Female |
100m |
1st International Competition (CYG2023) |
|
School – St Mary’s College Villages - Moamoa, Falelatai, Satuimalufilufi |
Under 16 Champion 100m (Samoa Games 2023) |
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Asalemo Fanolua School- Aana 1 College Villages-Fasitootai, Fusi Saoluafata |
16 |
Male |
100m |
1st International competition. Training Squad member for Pacific Games 2023 U18 Champion 100m (Samoa Games 2023) |
|
Timothy Magalogo School – Church College Pesega Villages - Vaimoso |
17 |
Male |
200m |
!st International Competition (CYG2023) Training Squad for Pacific Games 2023 2nd ranked U18 200m (Samoa Games 2023) |
Swimming
NAME & Village |
Age |
GENDER |
EVENT |
BEST PERFORMANCE |
|
Salani Saaga Malua |
15 |
Female |
50m Backstroke 100m Backstroke 200m Backstroke 50m Freestyle 100m Freestyle 200m Freestyle |
Maiden swim for Team Samoa Multiple NSW State Age championship medal holder in sprint events |
|
Hector Junior Langkilde Malaela, Amaile & Saleaumua |
18 |
Male |
50m freestyle 50m butterfly 100m freestyle 50m butterfly |
Australia open qualifier on sprint events Lived in Samoa for primary school years where he started his swimming career. |
|
Solomona Galbraith Hamilton Luatuanu’u |
17 |
Male |
50m freestyle 100m freestyle 200m freestyle 100m Backstroke 200m Backstroke 200m Individual Medley |
Multiple Age National Record Holder (Samoa) Multiple Medalists from Fiji Nationals and NZSC Champs Represented Samoa at the Pan Pacific Championships – Hawaii 2023 |
