Ele Opeloge missing out the bronze in the Beijing Olympics By Lance Polu APIA, SAMOA – THURSDAY 23 MARCH 2017: It maybe eight years late. The excitement, ceremony and atmosphere may not be the same. But the significance remains. She is the first of 180 thousand plus Samoans to have won a medal, a silver one for the country in the most competitive in world sports – the Olympics. Ele Opeloge, who thinly missed the Bronze in the Women's' weightlifting 75 kg division in Beijing eight year ago, arrives home from New Zealand tonight for the occasion. She has [...]
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