Logona - Tuvalu's silver boy
By Silafaga Lalua
At the Faleata Sporting complex a few hours ago Logona Esau made every Tuvaluan present at the weightlifting arena, and of course those watching television proud of his performance against the best weightlifters in the region which won him a medal.
Logona Esau lifting in the 69kg category, and weighed at 68.5 this morning cleared 100kg in the snatch event, but tried and failed two lifts of 105 hence placed him 5th in the snatch event.
This wasn't actually expected but a crisis with an OWC official just one hour prior to the competition probably contributed to the lifter's performance.
In the Clean & Jerk event Esau made lifted 130kg for his first attempt and a clean 141kg for his third attempt putting him in second place, after Clean & Jerk and overall champion Joe Vueti from Fiji.
Though it was only the Fijian national anthem heard at the medal ceremony, seeing Logona Esau up there was enough to make every Tuvaluan in the complex emotional and very proud of his performance.
Tuvalu news would like to congratulate Mr Esau for his performance. He did say a few days ago he would get a medal for Tuvalu and this morning had actually done that.
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