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| Morea Baru with his fiancée Kaia Gari and his niece during his arrival on Friday afternoon |
By FIDELIS SUKINA
Morea Baru may not be a medalist for Papua New Guinea but he has
been a hard worker to deserve the rank of number one in the Male 62kg category
in the Commonwealth.
Despite missing his last attempts in both the snatch and the
clean and jerk, Morea had already done enough to secure the sixth place with a
total of 290kg (126kg snatch and 164kg clean and jerk.) The total now ranks
Baru number one in his weight category in the Commonwealth.
Baru arrived to a rousing welcome from his family at the
Jacksons international airport on Friday, Baru the soft spoken weight lifter
now looks forward to marriage and rest before training for the next competition
the Commonwealth games in 2018 in the Gold Coast.
“I will be getting married next month, and than spend some
time with my family before returning to New Caledonia to train for the 2018
Commonwealth games in Gold Coast Australia”
He said his experience was amazing especially for him being
a first time Olympian and he very well looks forward to the next Olympics.
“The experience was amazing first Olympics for me there were
different cultures together in one place and representing my country was the
best feeling”
He said despite not wining a medal he said his hard work had
paid off finishing 6th in the highest of competitions he was ranked
top 10 in the world in his weight category and finishing 6th was an
achievement itself.
“Getting into the top 10 is not easy and getting to be 6th
in the Olympics not easy as well, unfortunately I didn’t get a medal but to put
the country in 6th position is a great achievement great experience I want to
make it to Tokyo 2020 and I am looking forward to that”.
“To my fellow lifters to be an Olympian is to train hard and
the challenges of representing your country is very high I would like to thank
the Government and sponsors for their support Trukai Industries the weight
Lifting sponsor and Sir Sir John Dawanincura and my two coaches Paul and Lilly
Kofa in New Caledonia for training me for 3 years to get to this level”
Morea is the first from the Team PNG delegation to return.
The rest of the team will follow in the coming week.
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