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Wini wins three gold medals

Tuesday 7 July 2015 | Published in Regional

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PORT MORESBY – Jenly Tegu Wini of Solomon Islands won all three gold medals in the women’s 58kg class in weightlifting at Port Moresby 2015 at the PNG Power Dome on Monday.

Wini lifted a winning weight of 83kg in snatch and an impressive 110kg in clean and jerk.

With a total lift of 193kg, Wini also bagged the overall women’s title in that catergory.

Tia-Clair Toomey of Australia won the silver medal in all three events while Mathlyn Robert (MHL) took all three bronze medals.

Weightlifting continued with the women’s 69kg and 75kg weight classes and the men’s 85kg and 94kg divisions at the PNG Power Dome yesterday.