Jack Opeloge News Today

Samoa's weightlifters took out two silver medals on Thursday in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.

Birmingham, Aug 3: India’s Lovepreet Singh won a bronze in men’s 109 kg to continue the country’s medal rush in weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games here on Wednesday. The 24-year-old son of a tailor from Amritsar lifted a personal best of 355 kg, including a new national record of 192 kg in clean and jerk, to finish third on the podium. A steady Lovepreet improved from 157kg to 163kg in his final attempt of snatch to be joint second with […]

Covid cases shoot up in Niue; Tsiamalili wins in Bougainville Regional; Pacific law enforcement officials meet in Fiji; New Caledonia signs trade deal with Vanuatu; First anniversary of Dawn Raids apology marked; American Samoa seeks deal over Samoan p...

Covid cases shoot up in Niue; Tsiamalili wins in Bougainville Regional; Pacific law enforcement officials meet in Fiji; New Caledonia signs trade deal with Vanuatu; First anniversary of Dawn Raids apology marked; American Samoa seeks deal over Samoan p...

Covid cases shoot up in Niue; Tsiamalili wins in Bougainville Regional; Pacific law enforcement officials meet in Fiji; and New Caledonia signs trade deal with Vanuatu

Samoan female weightlifter wins Oceania Cup, setting three new records.

The Opeloge family is sporting royalty in Samoa. 10 of the 12 Opeloge siblings have gone on to represent Samoa in international weightlifting competitions, bringing home six Commonwealth Games medals, a gold medal at the Junior World Championships, numerous Oceania and Pacific Games titles and an Olympic silver medal in 2008.