Tahiti has announced that it will boycott the Pacific Mini Games in Vanuatu.
The withdrawal was announced by the director of French Polynesia’s youth and sport service Anthony Pheu and follows a disagreement over who should represent Tahiti’s boxers.
The president of the Pacific Games Council Vidya Lakhan was accused of unacceptable interference in Tahiti’s affairs for approving a boxing squad of a federation led by a former sport minister Tauhiti Nena.
A Tahitian official said Lakhan should have known that under the rules of the Pacific Games Council, the boxers nominated by Nena are ineligible to compete because they lacked the recognition by the official sports bodies in Tahiti.
Source: RNZI
