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| Country |  Samoa | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Men's 105 kg | |||||||||||||||||
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Niusila Opeloge is a weightlifter from Samoa.. [1]
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| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Men's 105 kg | |||||||||||||||||
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Niusila Opeloge is a weightlifter from Samoa.. [1]
Opeloge comes from a weightlifting family. [2] His sister, Ele Opeloge is also a gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games, winning hers on the same day. [3]
Opeloge took up weightlifting in 1999. [2] At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England he won a bronze in the 85 kg snatch event. [4] At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, India he won gold in the 105 kg [3] to give Samoa its third gold medal of the Games. [5] In the process, he also became the first Samoan to win medals in any sport at two Commonwealth Games. [4] Opeloge was suspended in 2007 for two years due to a doping. [6] The use of banned substances in Weightlifting is prohibited and is considered cheating.
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