Cook Islands at the 2018 Commonwealth Games explained

Cga:	COK
Cganame:	Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee
Games:	Commonwealth Games
Year:	2018
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Cook Islands
Location:	Gold Coast, Australia
Competitors:	18
Sports:	4
Flagbearer:	Patricia Taea
Rank:	39
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	1
App Begin Year:	1974
Start Date:	4 April 2018
End Date:	15 April 2018

The Cook Islands competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1] The Cook Islands delegation consisted of 18 athletes (7 male and eleven female) that competed across four sports: athletics (track and field), lawn bowls, swimming and weightlifting.^[2] It was The Cook Islands's 11th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

On February 27, 2018, track and field athlete Patricia Taea was named as the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.^[3]

Taiki Paniani and Aidan Zittersteijn won the country's first ever Commonwealth Games medal, when they won bronze in the men's pairs lawn bowls event.^[4]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

width=150	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics (track and field)	1	2	3
Lawn bowls	5	5	10
Swimming	2	1	3
Weightlifting	0	2	2
Total	8	10	18

Athletics (track and field)

See main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The Cook Islands entered three athletes (one male and two female).^[2]

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alex Beddoes	Men's 800 m	1:51.64	7	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Patricia Taea	Women's 100 m	12.22	7	did not advance
Women's 200 m	24.91	7	did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
align=left rowspan=2	Tereapii Tapoki	Women's Shot put	12.60	13	did not advance
Women's Discus throw	46.01	10

Lawn bowls

See main article: Lawn bowls at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The Cook Islands entered ten lawn bowlers (five male and five female).^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Taiki Paniani	Singles	L 6 - 21	L 5 - 21	L 19 - 21	L 17 - 21	L 17 - 21	6	did not advance
Taiki Paniani Aidan Zittersteijn	Pairs	W 15 - 13	W 15 - 14	L 12 - 26	W 18 - 14	W 22 - 17	2 Q	W 15 - 14	L 14 - 21	W 17 - 11
Lawrence Paniani Munokokura Pita Adoni W-Rairoa	Triples	L 11 - 27	W 16 - 10	L 10 - 23	W 18 - 17		3	did not advance
Lawrence Paniani Munokokura Pita Adoni W-Rairoa Aidan Zittersteijn	Fours	L 4 - 21	D 14 - 14	L 12 - 21	L 4 - 14		5	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nooroa Mataio	Singles	L 9 - 21	W 21 - 18	L 7 - 21	L 7 - 21	W 19 - 18	5	did not advance
Emily Jim Nooroa Mataio	Pairs	L 6 - 33	L 16 - 29	L 10 - 36	L 8 - 26		5	did not advance
Teokotai Jim Tiare Jim Jacquelin Purea	Triples	L 14 - 20	L 10 - 28	W 25 - 11	3	did not advance
Emily Jim Teokotai Jim Tiare Jim Jacqueline Purea	Fours	L 8 - 22	L 11 - 15	L 9 - 15	W 20 - 7		4	did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The Cook Islands entered three swimmers (two male and one female).^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Temaruata Strickland	50 m freestyle	25.96	53	did not advance
100 m freestyle	57.33	51	Colspan=4	did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Wesley Roberts	200 m freestyle	1:49.35	15	did not advance
400 m freestyle	3:56.09	9	did not advance
1500 m freestyle	15:40.36	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Kirsten Fisher-Marsters	50 m breaststroke	33.84	22	did not advance
100 m breaststroke	1:15.41	24	did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Qualification. The Cook Islands entered two female weightlifters.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Philippa Woonton	Women's −75 kg	75	9	93	10	168	10
Luisa Peters	Women's +90 kg	100	6	125	4	225	5

Notes and References

Web site: 71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family . www.gc2018.com/ . Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation . 8 October 2016 . 10 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010110422/https://www.gc2018.com/games/nations-and-territories . dead .
Web site: Cook Islands announce team for Gold Coast 2018. Pavitt. Michael. 11 March 2018. Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. 20 March 2018.
Web site: Patricia named Flag Bearer for Gold Coast 2018. 27 February 2018. websites.sportstg.com. Sports TG. 20 March 2018.
News: Mitchell. Stephanie. Persico. Christina. 9 April 2018. Taranaki teen wins Cook Islands' first Commonwealth Games medal. Stuff.co.nz. 9 April 2018.