Athletics

Fall is Fiji’s potential gold medalist for Pacific Games

June 15, 2019 1:27 pm

Team Fiji will be looking to get its hands on the Men’s Shot-put and discus gold medals in the Pacific Games next month through Mustafa Fall.

The former Ratu Kadavulevu School student has competed in a various events building up to the Pacific Games.

He says his working hard to beat his past achievements.

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“I’m just trying to be the best that I can be, every competition for me is a task so I go out there and try and be a better person and try to be a better me.”

Fall recently broke the longest standing national men’s discus record which was set Mesulame Rakuro in 1958. He set a new record of 53.04 meters.

The old record was 51.84.

Also in his achievements, he broke the national shot-put record with a new a record of 16.21 meters.

Meanwhile, the Pacific Games will be held from the 7th to the 20th of next month in Apia, Samoa