As the Coca Cola Games came to an end this afternoon, top honours for the best male and female athletes crown has also gone to the Suva Grammar camp, with a two way tie in the girls title.
We cross over to our News Director Vijay Narayan for this latest update from the TFL stadium.
Suva Grammar School and ACS have done it again as they successfully defended the Coca Cola Boys and Girls Division titles for the fourth and tenth year respectively.
Looking at the official Medal Tally Suva Grammar finished their 2010 Coca-Cola games campaign with, 10 Gold, 3 Silver, Marist Brothers came in second with 7 Gold, 8 Silver and 2 bronze, Xavier College from Ba came in third with 5 Gold, 3 Silver and 3 bronze, followed by Ratu Navula with 3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze.
In the girls division ACS successfully defended their title for the tenth year in a row and walked away with 13 Gold, 6 Silver and 3 bronze, Suva Grammar took second place with 6 Gold, 6 Silver and 1 Bronze, while Napuka secondary from Vanua Levu came third with 4 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze.
Jubilant Suva Grammar Coach Jone Delai said they knew they could win the title despite a tough first day.
Delai added that the win is especially sweet as the school will also be celebrating their Golden Jubilee in July.
And as expected it was an exciting finish to the Coca Cola games as the senior boys 4x100 metres relay where Queen Victoria School came out of nowhere to beat Favorites Suva Grammar School who had Mataiasi Savou.
This is how our commentators Ravi Sharma and Master Mika Kaloucava described the close final.
QVS's Isoa Tuisawau edged Savou at the tape and said hard work paid off.
Suva Grammar School’s Mataiaisi Savou has been crowned the sprint king of school athletics.
This is after he added the 200meters gold to his haul for the 2010 Coca-Cola games.
Speaking after the race Savou said he is happy as he had to overcome a niggling injury to win the event.
Senior girls Champion Paulini Korowaqa also of Suva Grammar dedicated the win to her grandmother.
We also got a chance to talk to some of the gold medal winners who all said that sacrifices, maintaining discipline and hours of training becomes a thing of the past once you cross that tape and know that you have won a gold medal is the sweetest feeling in the world.
Suva Grammar School’s Senior Girls 4 x 400meters relay team set a new games record with a time of 3 minutes and 59 seconds to take out the gold medal and team member Miriama Kamarosi said it was shear team work that got them through.
Ratu Navula Secondary Schools Senior Boys 4x400 meters relay team also took out the gold medal beating the likes of Marist and Suva Grammar and Vilikesa Salawa, who ran the final stretch, said they could not have done it without divine intervention.
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Best male, female athletes go to Suva Grammar
