David Katoatau’s attempt at a South Pacific record in the clean and jerk, and overall total lift, in the 94kg class, fell short at the Telecom Sports Arena yesterday.
A total of 188kg was loaded on to the bar for the clean and jerk but the lifter from Kiribati was unsuccessful with the lift.
The record in this class for the clean and jerk stands at 185kg, and the total at 327kg.
Katoatau’s total in the end was 320kg.
It was a great contest for silver with Saimone Turaganivalu (Fiji) just pipping Jonathan Yoshida from Samoa. However, Yoshida took out silver in the clean and jerk, both men lifting 160kg, but the Samoan taking out that contest because of his lower body weight. - Cook Islands News
Last Modified on 03/10/2009 09:16