Wisil does it again

PAPUA New Guinea sprint champion Toea Wisil once again defended her Pacific Games title after taking out the women’s 100m final in 11.56 seconds in Apia, Samoa, yesterday.
Fiji’s Heleina Young finished in 11.82 seconds to claim silver and PNG’s Leonie Beu (11.94 seconds) secured bronze.
Wisil, who ran 11.50 seconds in the morning’s qualifying heats, was happy with the time she finished with in the final.
Beu finished first in heat three, clocking 11.95 seconds.
“It feels good to be winning as I have been working hard for this for a long time,” she said.
“For this one, to be honest from the beginning it was a rough time, but I’ve done it.”
Wisil, who won bronze in the same event at the 2007 Samoa Pacific Games, said: “I was 19 years old then. It feels good to come back and win gold on this track.”
Silver medallist Heleina Young, who is just 17, was thoughtful in her reflection when speaking after the final.
“Before I went in, my coach told me that this day would never come again,” she said.
“I knew coming in to the final that it would be really tough, especially against Toea (Wisil), who is someone of a high calibre.”
Meanwhile, Athletics PNG president Tony Green said in a statement that the men’s 100m final was a showdown between Pacific Games defending champion Banuve Tabacaucoro (Fiji) and Samoa’s Jeremy Dodson.
“It was the Fijian who came out on top, beating his own Games record of 10.33 seconds with 10.31 clocking, silencing the home crowd in the process.
“(Team PNG’s) Michael Penny and Theo Piniau made the final, and finished sixth and seventh respectively.”