Fiji_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games

Fiji at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Fiji at the; 2018 Commonwealth Games
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CGF code	FIJ
CGA	Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
Website	www.fijiolympiccommittee.com
in Gold Coast, Australia; 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	96 in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Apolonia Vaivai
Medals; Ranked 23rd	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 4
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Fiji at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sporting event delegation

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.

Quick Facts Fiji at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, CGF code ...

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]

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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

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

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

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

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

Fiji_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games

Fiji at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Medalists

Competitors

Athletics

Badminton

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Lawn bowls

Netball

Rugby sevens

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Shooting

Squash

Swimming

Table tennis

Weightlifting

See also

References

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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

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	5	5	0	413	162	+251	10	Semi-finals
2	Jamaica	5	4	1	351	221	+130	8	Semi-finals
3	South Africa	5	3	2	310	205	+105	6	Classification matches
4	Northern Ireland	5	2	3	224	307	−83	4
5	Barbados	5	1	4	185	333	−148	2
6	Fiji	5	0	5	171	426	−255	0

5 April 2018 13:00 v t e	Report	Jamaica	88–30	Fiji		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jackie Mizon Angela Armonstrong-Lush Reserve umpire: Marc Henning
		Fowler-Reid 40/43 (93%) Aiken 24/32 (75%) Robinson 15/16 (94%) Beckford 9/11 (82%)		M. Rusivakula 17/19 (89%) Waqa 7/11 (64%) Paul 3/7 (43%) U. Rusivakula 3/5 (60%)

7 April 2018 20:30 v t e	Report	Fiji	44–65	Barbados		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Maria van der Merwe Theresa Prince Reserve umpire: Michelle Phippard
		M. Rusivakula 27/31 (87%) U. Rusivakula 10/12 (83%) Waqa 7/8 (88%)		Wharton 33/38 (87%) Blackman 22/28 (79%) Payne 10/12 (83%)

9 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	Fiji	23–108	Australia		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Angela Armstrong-Lush Kristie Simpson Reserve umpire: Jackie Mizon
		Waqa 15/19 (79%) M. Rusivakula 8/14 (57%)		Bassett 40/41 (98%) Thwaites 30/31 (97%) Pettitt 23/23 (100%) Wood 15/19 (79%)

10 April 2018 18:30 v t e	Report	South Africa	92–28	Fiji		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Michelle Phippard Jackie Mizon Reserve umpire: Kate Stephenson
		Burger 56/59 (95%) Venter 20/22 (91%) Stoltz 16/21 (76%)		Waqa 19/26 (73%) M. Rusivakula 8/12 (67%) U. Rusivakula 1/2 (50%)

11 April 2018 14:00 v t e	Report	Northern Ireland	73–46	Fiji		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Kristie Simpson Maria van der Merwe Reserve umpire: Gary Burgess
		L. Bowman 59/65 (91%) McCullough 10/14 (71%) K. Bowman 4/8 (50%)		M. Rusivakula 25/32 (78%) Waqa 21/30 (70%)

12 April 2018 16:00 v t e	Report	Fiji	32–81	Wales		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Angela Armstrong-Lush Kate Stephenson Reserve umpire: Lisa McPhail
		Cirikisuva 10/12 (83%) Waqa 9/12 (75%) M. Rusivakula 7/10 (70%) U. Rusivakula 6/6 (100%)		Lewis 35/39 (90%) Rowe 25/26 (96%) Moseley 12/12 (100%) Llewelyn 9/12 (75%)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fiji	3	3	0	138	22	+116	9	Semi-finals
2	Wales	3	2	1	90	38	+52	7	Classification semi-finals
3	Uganda	3	1	2	38	95	−57	5
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	27	138	−111	3

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

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

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

Fiji	63–5	Sri Lanka
Try: Naduva (2) 1' c, 10' c Mocenacagi (3) 4' c, 6' c, 8' c Kunatani 7' c Dranisinukula 11' c Nasilasila (2) 13' c, 14' c Con: Ravouvou (4/4) 2', 4', 6', 7' Nasilasila (5/5) 8', 10', 12', 13', 14'	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Wijekoon 1' m Con: Ratwatte (0/1)

Fiji	54–0	Uganda
Try: Tuwai 1' c Sau 2' c Mocenacagi 4' c Ravouvou 6' m Nasilasila 10' c Nasoko 12' c Vakurinabili 13' c Dranisinukula 14' c Con: Ravouvou (3/4) 1', 2', 4' Nasilasila (3/3) 10', 14', 14' Naduva (1/1) 12'	(Gold Coast 2018)

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'

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'

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	80	27	+53	9	Semi-finals
2	England	3	2	1	74	34	+40	7	Semi-finals
3	Fiji	3	1	2	44	41	+3	5	Classification semi-finals
4	Wales	3	0	3	12	108	−96	3	Classification semi-finals

Fiji	5–17	England
Try: Ravisa 6' m Con: Nagasau (0/1)	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Fleming 1' m Scarratt 11' c Thompson 13' m Con: Hunt (1/3) 11'

Fiji	29–7	Wales
Try: Tinai (3) 1' c, 5' c, 8' m Riwai 3' m Naimasi 10' m Con: Tinai (2/4) 1', 5' Riwai (0/1)	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Joyce 13' c Con: Packer (1/1) 13'

Australia	17–10	Fiji
Try: Tonegato 1' m Caslick (2) 8' m, 13' c Con: Sykes (1/2) 13' Cherry (0/1)	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Naiobasali (2) 2' m, 9' m Con: Tinai (0/1) Nagasau (0/1) Cards: Siata 11' to 13'

15 April 2018	Fiji	40–12	South Africa	Gold Coast
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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

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

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