Nauru at the 2018 Commonwealth Games explained

Cga:	NRU
Cganame:	Nauru Olympic Committee
Games:	Commonwealth Games
Year:	2018
Flagcaption:	Flag of Nauru
Location:	Gold Coast, Australia
Competitors:	16
Sports:	4
Flagbearer:	Itte Detenamo (opening)
Rank:	34
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	0
App Begin Year:	1990
Start Date:	4 April 2018
End Date:	15 April 2018

Nauru competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^{[1] [2]}

Weightlifter Itte Detenamo was the island's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[3]

Competitors

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

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	1	1	2
Boxing	2	0	2
Weightlifting	6	4	10
Wrestling	2	0	2
Total	11	5	16

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Nauru participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Jonah Harris	100 m	10.95	5	Colspan=4	did not advance
200 m	21.96	5	did not advance

Women

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
align=left rowspan=2	Chanana Jeremiah	Shot put	10.12	14	did not advance
Discus throw

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Nauru participated with a team of 2 athletes (2 men).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Yachen Cook	−52 kg		L 2 - 3	did not advance
Colan Caleb	−60 kg		L 2 - 3	did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Qualification. Nauru participated with 10 athletes (6 men and 4 women).^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Elson Brechtefeld	−56 kg	100	6	130	5	230	5
Ezekiel Moses	−62 kg	100	13	134	11	234	12
Larko Doguape	−69 kg	107	12	140	8	247	8
Ika Aliklik	−77 kg	128	9	160	7	288	9
Tom-Jaye Weibeiya	−85 kg	120	11	170	9	290	11
Itte Detenamo	+105 kg	did not finish		did not start

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Liebon Akua	−53 kg	58	13	did not finish
Maximina Uepa	−63 kg	77	9	93	8	170	8
Ricci Daniel	−69 kg	63	13	84	13	147	13
Charisma Amoe-Tarrant	+90 kg	101	4	142	1	243

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Nauru participated with 2 athletes (2 men).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lowe Bingham	-57 kg	L 1 - 3	did not advance				9
Maverick Kun	-65 kg		L 0 - 4	did not advance			11

See also

• Nauru at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. News: 3 April 2018. Five remote islands that will rub shoulders with the Commonwealth Games giants. Evening Express. Aberdeen, Scotland. 4 April 2018.
3. Web site: Gold Coast 2018: Opening Ceremony. Morgan. Liam. 4 April 2018. Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. 4 April 2018.
4. Web site: Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games . March 2018 . www.iwf.net/ . International Weightlifting Federation. 21 March 2018.