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New Caledonia a force in the Pacific
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Posted on Aug 03 2005
KOROR, Palau—New Caledonia continues to be a strong force in the Pacific, and even before action is completed in the 2005 Palau South Pacific Mini Games, the French colony already has other countries looking from far behind.
New Caledonia dominated in swimming, added a gold and silver in aquathon and another gold in women’s beach volleyball, and a bronze in women’s basketball yesterday, and still has a shot at another gold in men’s basketball.
As of yesterday afternoon, the delegation, which led the medal haul from Day 1, had already racked up a whopping 110 medals, 55 of which were gold. The team also has 29 silver and 26 bronze, securing their dominance over other delegations.
Fiji remained a far second with 22 gold medals and a total of 57 medals. The team also has 21 silver and 14 bronze after dominating the show in athletics, as well as hitting the medal rounds in many other events.
Nauru still follows with its 18 gold, while Papua New Guinea has 34 medals, 16 of which are gold to go along with their 10 silver and eight bronze.
Samoa is currently in fifth place with 16 gold, eight silver, and two bronze, while host Palau, Guam, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Tonga cap the top 10,
Palau sits with nine gold, three silver, and seven bronze after giving their home town crowd a respectable showing, while Guam continued to jump the charts, moving to seventh with six gold, eight silver, and 14 bronze. Cook Islands bagged five gold and also adds nine silver and seven bronze while FSM has five gold, a silver, and five bronze.
Tonga also has five gold and a silver, but is behind with only three bronze.
The CNMI is currently in 11th place with four gold and 31 total medals.
Solomon Islands (11), Vanuatu (6), Wallis & Futuna (4), Marshall Islands (4), Niue (5), Norfolk Island (2), Tuvalu (2), and American Samoa (1) round up the other medallists.
