The West and the North have come to Suva, and are winning gold medals in style in the 2015 Coca Cola Games at the ANZ Stadium.
Natabua High School from Lautoka has taken an early lead in the boy’s division.
Looking at the Fijivillage, Legend FM and FM96 Medal Tally, Natabua leads with 3 gold and 2 silver Suva Grammar School is in second place with 1 gold 1 silver and Marist is in third place with 1 gold and 1 bronze.
In the girl’s division, Jasper is leading with 2 gold and 1 silver, Lekutu Secondary from Bua is in second place with 1 gold while Saint John’s College is in third place with 1 silver.
The boys from Natabua have won 3 gold medals and broken two records so far.
Paula Nasara of Natabua took gold with a record jump of 5.84 metres in the Sub Junior Long Jump event.
Semi Matalau of Natabua settled for silver.
Form 3 student of Natabua High School Seveci Matanitobua won gold in the Junior Boys 1,500 meters event in a record-breaking run this morning.
He dedicated the gold medal win to his mother who travelled all the way from Lautoka to watch him run at the ANZ stadium today.
Matanitobua has set a new record of 4 minutes 21 seconds.
He broke Isikeli Waseaqali’s record of 4 minutes 24 seconds.
Shaneel Narayan of Xavier College took silver in the Junior Boys 1,500 metres event while Jacoro Ledua of Dreketi High settled for bronze.
There was an upset in the 1,500 metres Intermediate Boys final as Suva Grammar School’s Farasiko Mualevu had to settle for silver after Natabua’s Isikeli Waseaqali won the gold medal.
Waseaqali was at Bua College last year.
The bronze medal when to Ratu Kadavulevu School’s Vilisoni Vulaono.
Marist Brothers High School’s Mustafa Fall has broken his own record in the Senior Boys Shot Put event.
Fall’s record throw is 16 metres. He set his previous record of 15.80 metres in 2013.
Fall has dedicated his win to his brothers.
The first gold medal of the 2015 Coca Cola Games went to the Northern division as Vika Tuilomana of Lekutu Secondary School won gold in the 1,500 metres Open Girls Event.
Losala Turaga of Jasper Williams High School took the silver while Silivia Vusevuse of Kadavu Provincial Secondary grabbed the bronze title.
Lekutu Secondary School’s Vika Tuilomana told Fijivillage that when she got up this morning she said to herself that the first Coke Games gold medal will go to Lekutu in Bua.
Tuilomana who comes from a family of nine said she trains for 20 minutes every morning and evening.
Suva Grammar School’s lone male athlete in the Senior Boy’s Division, Inia Sili has not disappointed the Grammar fans as he won the gold medal again in the Senior Boy’s 1,500 metres final.
Sili said he was experiencing back aches but he is happy to win the gold medal again.
Viliame Dileqa of Wainimala Secondary settled for silver while Melesi Varakuka of RKS took the bronze medal.
The 400 metres heats are currently underway while the finals are at 7.25 tonight.
The 100 metres heats start at 5.25pm today while the 100 metres final start at about 7.49pm tonight.
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