Fiji at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Fiji at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Fiji at the; 2018 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Fiji
CGF code	FIJ
CGA	Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
Website	www.fijiolympiccommittee.com
in Gold Coast, Australia
Competitors	96 in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Apolonia Vaivai
Medals; Ranked 23rd	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 4
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Fiji competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1] It was Fiji's 16th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

Fiji competed in 12 sports and made their first appearance in the Men’s rugby sevens tournament after a twelve year absence.^[2] Fiji announced a team of 97 athletes.^[3] Though only 96 competed.

Weightlifter Apolonia Vaivai was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[4]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Eileen Cikamatana	Weightlifting	Women's −90 kg	April 9
Silver	Fiji national rugby sevens team Paula Dranisinukula Mesulame Kunavula Sevuloni Mocenecagi Alasio Naduva Amenoni Nasilasila Kalione Nasoko Vatemo Ravouvou Eroni Sau Jerry Tuwai Ratu Vakurinabili Jasa Veremalua Sammi Viriviri	Rugby sevens	Men's tournament	April 15
Bronze	Apolonia Vaivai	Weightlifting	Women's −69 kg	April 8
Bronze	Winston Hill	Boxing	Men's −69 kg	April 14

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	8	4	12
Badminton	2	4	6
Beach volleyball	2	2	4
Boxing	2	0	2
Lawn bowls	5	5	10
Netball	—	12	12
Rugby sevens	13	12	25
Shooting	4	0	4
Squash	3	1	4
Swimming	3	2	5
Table tennis	2	3	5
Weightlifting	3	4	7
Total	46	48	96

Athletics

Fiji participated with 12 athletes (8 men and 4 women).^[3]

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Aaron Powell	100 m	11.03	6	Did not advance
Kolinio Radrudru	100 m	11.22	6	Did not advance
Aaron Powell	200 m	22.05	7	Did not advance
Samuela Railoa	400 m	48.11	5	Did not advance
Kameli Sauduadua	400 m	47.91	5	Did not advance
Petero Veitaqomaki	800 m	1:54.22	8	—	Did not advance
Aaron Powell Samuela Railoa Petero Veitaqomaki Eugene Vollmer	4 × 100 m relay	42.09	6	—		Did not advance
Aaron Powell Samuela Railoa Kameli Sauduadua Petero Veitaqomaki	4 × 400 m relay	3:19.19	3 Q	—		3:15.10	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Eugene Vollmer	Long jump	6.85	25	Did not advance
Eugene Vollmer	Triple jump	15.32	16	Did not advance
Malakai Kaiwalu	High jump	NM		Did not advance
Mustafa Fall	Shot put	15.72	14	Did not advance
Mustafa Fall	Discus throw	39.68	12 q	43.50	12

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Makereta Naulu	100 m	12.23	7	Did not advance
Miriama Senokonoko	400 m	58.31	8	Did not advance
Elenani Tinai	400 m	57.45	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank
Shawntell Lockington	High jump	NM

Badminton

Fiji participated with six athletes (2 men and 4 women).^[3]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Burty Molia	Men's singles	Prakash Vijayanath (RSA) L 0-2	Did not advance
Liam Fong	Men's singles	BYE	Niluka Karunaratne (SRI) L 0-2	Did not advance
Alissa Dean	Women's singles	Mahoor Shahzad (PAK) L 0-2	Did not advance
Andra Whiteside		BYE	P. V. Sindhu (IND) L 0-2	Did not advance
Karyn Gibson		Yeo Jia Min (SGP) L 0-2	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Burty Molia Liam Fong	Men's doubles	—	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta (SGP) Terry Hee Yong Kai (SGP) L 0-2	Did not advance
Karyn Gibson Andra Whiteside	Women's doubles	—	Rachel Honderich (CAN) Kristen Tsai (CAN) L 0-2	Did not advance
Alissa Dean Danielle Whiteside	Women's doubles	—	Alana Bailey (JAM) Katherine Wynter (JAM) W 2-1	Setyana Mapasa (AUS) Gronya Somerville (AUS) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Karyn Gibson Burty Molia	Mixed doubles	Brian Kasirye (UGA) Aisha Nakiyemba (UGA) W 2-1	Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND) N. Sikki Reddy (IND) L 0-2	Did not advance
Andra Whiteside Liam Fong	Mixed doubles	Emmanuel Donkor (GHA) Stella Koteikai Amasah (GHA) L 1-2	Did not advance

Beach volleyball

Fiji qualified a men's and women's beach volleyball team for a total of four athletes.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Inia Korowale Sairusi Cavula	Men's	Pool A McHugh – Schumann (AUS) L 0 - 2 (9 - 21, 8 - 21) Williams – Stewart (TTO) L 0 - 2 (9 - 21, 17 - 21) Seabrookes – Hodge (SKN) W 2 - 0 (21 - 16, 21 - 11)	3	Did not advance
Iliseva Ratudina Laite Nima	Women's	Pool B Humana-Paredes – Pavan (CAN) L 0 - 2 (5 - 21, 8 - 21) Grimson – Palmer (ENG) L 0 - 2 (9 - 21, 7 - 21) Blackman – Grant (TTO) L 0 - 2 (18 - 21, 22 - 24)	4	Did not advance

Boxing

Fiji participated with two athletes (2 men).^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jone Davule	−64 kg	Louis Colin (MRI) L 0-5	Did not advance
Winston Hill	−69 kg	BYE	Lyndel Marcellin (LCA) W 3-2	Stephen Newns (SCO) W 5-0	Aidan Walsh (NIR) L 0-5	Did not advance

Lawn bowls

Fiji will compete in Lawn bowls.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Arun Kumar	Singles	Paxton (ENG) L 13 - 21	McIlroy (NZL) L 15 - 21	Xalxo (IND) L 11 - 21	Kimani (KEN) W 21 - 5	Newell (JAM) W 21 - 3	3	Did not advance
David Aitcheson Rajnesh Prasad	Pairs	Papua New Guinea W 20 - 16	England D 22 - 22	Botswana W 25 - 11	New Zealand L 11 - 18	Cook Islands L 17 - 22	4	Did not advance
Arun Kumar Semesa Naiseruvatu Kushal Pillay	Triples	Brunei W 14 - 11	Jersey L 10 - 20	Australia L 3 - 28	Botswana W 19 - 12	—	3	Did not advance
David Aitcheson Semesa Naiseruvatu Kushal Pillay Rajnesh Prasad	Fours	Malaysia L 9 - 18	Namibia W 14 - 11	Northern Ireland L 4 - 24	Niue W 20 - 9	—	3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Litia Tikoisuva	Singles	Blumsky (NIU) W 21 - 9	Saroji (MAS) L 19 - 20	Pinki (IND) W 21 - 12	Edwards (NZL) L 10 - 21	Rednall (ENG) W 21 - 20	4	Did not advance
Sheral Mar Doreen O'Connor	Pairs	New Zealand L 16–17	Tonga W 21–11	Canada L 7–30	Norfolk Island W 12–11	—	4	Did not advance
Loreta Kotoisuva Radhika Prasad Litia Tikoisuva	Triples	India W 23 - 15	Canada L 15 - 19	Papua New Guinea L 16 - 17	Australia L 9 - 24	—	5	Did not advance
Loreta Kotoisuva Sheral Mar Doreen O'Connor Radhika Prasad	Fours	Northern Ireland W 17 - 16	Malta W 20 - 12	England L 11 - 19	India L 9 - 24	—	3	Did not advance

Netball

Fiji qualified a netball team by virtue of being ranked in the top 11 (excluding the host nation, Australia) of the INF World Rankings on July 1, 2017.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Roster

Pool A

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Eleventh place match

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Rugby sevens

Men's tournament

Fiji qualified a men's team of 12 athletes by being among the top nine ranked nations from the Commonwealth in the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series ranking.^[10] Samisoni Viriviri was added to replace the injured Semi Kunatani.

Roster

Pool D

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Semi-finals

15 April 2018
12:05

South Africa	19–24 (a.e.t.)	Fiji
Try: Specman (2) 9' c, 11' m Sage 13' c Con: Geduld (1/1) 9' Afrika (1/2) 13'	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Sau 1' c Tuwai 4' m Mocenacagi 8' c Nasilasila 15' Con: Nasilasila (2/3) 1', 8'

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

Gold medal match

15 April 2018
15:04

New Zealand	14–0	Fiji
Try: Nanai-Seturo 1' c Ware 3' c Con: Koroi (2/2) 1', 3 Pen: Knewstubb (0/1)	(Gold Goast 2018)	Cards: Mocenacagi 5' to 7'

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

Women's tournament

Roster

Pool B

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Lower classification round

15 April 2018	Fiji	40–12	South Africa	Gold Coast
9:31

Match for fifth place

15 April 2018	Fiji	40–5	Kenya	Gold Coast
12:49

Shooting

Fiji participated with four athletes (4 men).^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Glenn Kable	Trap	118	5 Q	17	6
Christian Stephen	Trap	107	23	Did not advance
Swee Phua	Double trap	97	20	Did not advance
Quintyn Stephen	Double trap	84	23	Did not advance

Squash

Fiji participated with four athletes (3 men and 1 woman).^[3]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Stephen Henry	Men's singles	Rukunya (UGA) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Romit Parshottam		Laksiri (SRI) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Sailesh Pala		Makin (WAL) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Alison Mua	Women's singles	Bye	Perry (ENG) L 0 - 3	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sailesh Pala Romit Parshottam	Men's doubles	Cuskelly / Pilley (AUS) L 0 - 2	Patrick / Wilson (TTO) L 0 - 2	3	Did not advance
Alison Mua Stephen Henry	Mixed doubles	Waters / Selby (ENG) L 0 - 2	Best / Simpson (BAR) L 0 - 2	3	Did not advance

Swimming

Fiji participated with five athletes (3 men and 2 women).^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paul Elaisa	50 m freestyle	24.77	42	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	53.96	39	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	26.94	40	Did not advance
Epeli Rabua	50 m freestyle	24.38	38	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.02	40	Did not advance
	50 m breaststroke	29.61	16 Q	29.79	16	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:05.46	15 Q	1:05.09	16	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	26.33	36	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	58.91	24	Did not advance
Taichi Vakasama	50 m breaststroke	29.79	17	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:04.25	13 Q	1:04.39	13	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:21.07	12	—		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:12.35	20	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matelita Buadromo	50 m freestyle	27.19	20	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:31.60	17	—		Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	29.12	19	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:04.43	19	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:24.76	14	—		Did not advance
Cheyenne Rova	50 m freestyle	27.08	18	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	59.94	24	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	29.70	21	Did not advance

Table tennis

Fiji participated with five athletes (2 men and 3 women).^[3]

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Philip Wing	Men's singles	Katungu (ZAM) L 1 - 4	McCreery (NIR) L 0 - 4	3	Did not advance
Vicky Wu	Men's singles	Vaea (TUV) W 4 - 0	Tumaini (TAN) L 2 - 4	2	Did not advance
Xuan Li	Women's singles	Lyne (MAS) L 0 - 4	Lowe (GUY) L 1 - 4	3	—	Did not advance
Grace Yee		Bye			—	Payet (ENG) L 0 - 4	Did not advance
Sally Yee		Bye			—	Chang (MAS) L 0 - 4	Did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Philip Wing Vicky Wu	Men's doubles	Bye	Dookram / Wilson (TTO) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Grace Yee Sally Yee	Women's doubles	—	Bye	Ho / Lyne (MAS) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Sally Yee Philip Wing	Mixed doubles	Sam / Baah-Danso (GHA) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Grace Yee Vicky Wu	Mixed doubles	Bye	Taucoory / Ho Wan Kau (MRI) L 0 - 3	Did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Xuan Li Grace Yee Sally Yee	Women's team	Singapore (SGP) L 0 - 3	Malaysia (MAS) L 0 - 3	3	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Fiji qualified seven weightlifters (three men and four women).^[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Manueli Tulo	−56 kg	104	4	135	3	239	4
Poama Qaqa	−62 kg	113	7	142	9	255	9
Taniela Rainibogi	−85 kg	140	6	173	8	313	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Seruwaia Malani	−48 kg	60	9	76	9	136	9
Maria Mareta	−58 kg	68	10	86	13	154	12
Apolonia Vaivai	−69 kg	100	1	116	3	216
Eileen Cikamatana	−90 kg	103	2	130	1	233

References

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^ Narain, Pravin (5 January 2018). "2018 Commonwealth Games: Fiji to compete in 12 sports". Fiji Times. Suva, Fiji. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
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^ "Gold Coast 2018 beach volleyball competition pools announced". www.fivb.org/. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). 23 January 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ "Lawn Bowls Draw" (PDF). gc2018.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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^ Pavitt, Michael (2 January 2018). "Fiji to send eight weightlifters to Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

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[2] Narain, Pravin (5 January 2018). "2018 Commonwealth Games: Fiji to compete in 12 sports". Fiji Times. Suva, Fiji. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

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[6] "Lawn Bowls Draw" (PDF). gc2018.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

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v t e Associations at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Africa	Botswana Cameroon Gambia Ghana Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zambia
Americas	Bahamas Belize Bermuda Canada Falkland Islands Guyana Saint Helena
Asia	Bangladesh Brunei India Malaysia Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Grenada Jamaica Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands
Europe	Cyprus England Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Oceania	Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu