{"id":20307,"date":"2023-11-21T15:34:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T02:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=20307"},"modified":"2023-11-21T15:34:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T02:34:39","slug":"swimmer-olivia-borg-wins-samoas-first-gold-in-sol2023-pacific-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=20307","title":{"rendered":"Swimmer Olivia Borg wins Samoas first Gold in Sol2023 Pacific Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>21 November 2023:<\/strong> Samoa\u2019s Olivia Borg stunned the New Caledonians in the Women\u2019s 100m butterfly, claiming gold with a time of 1:01.54 in the 2023 Pacific Games now in progress in Honiara, Solomon Islands.<\/p>\n<p>The 22 year old edged out New Caledonia\u2019s Lillie Freulon (1:01.93) by 39 milliseconds to settle for silver. Malou Douillard (1:03.13) from New Caledonia also made the podium, claiming bronze.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is my first Pacific Games so to come out of my first event with a gold is something to remember for a long time,\u201d Borg told the Pacific Games News Service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came into the competition honestly to have fun, and winning the gold medal is beyond what I thought, which makes it even more worth it. It was also nice to have all the Samoans here from different sports who were supporting, I honestly love it because it\u2019s nice to have your culture behind you supporting you and cheering you on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia Borg last represented Samoa in last year&#8217;s Birmingham Commonwealth Games where she made it to the semifinals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>21 November 2023: Samoa\u2019s Olivia Borg stunned the New Caledonians in the Women\u2019s 100m butterfly, claiming gold with a time of 1:01.54 in the 2023 Pacific Games now in progress in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The 22 year old edged out New Caledonia\u2019s Lillie Freulon (1:01.93) by 39 milliseconds to settle for silver. 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