Nancy Abouke

Nauru lifter Nancy Abouke placed 5th in the Women’s 71kg final

Abouke lifted 87kg in her first snatch attempt and 110kg in her first clean and jerk attempt.

The category’s gold medal went to Sarah Davis of England.

Canada’s Alexis Ashworth claimed silver and bronze was won by Harjinder Kaur of India.

Nauru’s Bernice Detundamo came in 12th in the Women’s 64kg weightlifting category final.

     

Nauru’s Nancy Abouke in top five of Online Weightlifting International Cup

Abouke won AUSD $1,000 after her placing in the competition at the weekend.

She finished behind Lesila Fiapule of Samoa, who settled in fourth place and her teammates Leotina Petelo in third and Iuniarra Sipaia in second place respectively.

Former Fijian lifter Eileen Cikamatana, who now resides in Australia finished in first place.

Abouke fell short of defending her bronze this year.

She had won bronze in the competition last year in the snatch with 90kg, bronze in the clean & jerk with 110kg and bronze in the total with 200kg – in the 71kg category.