1 Dec 2023

French Polynesia dominates 1500m Va'a finals

From , 6:00 am on 1 December 2023
Job done! Team French Polynesia coming ashore after winning a gold medal in the Open V6 final. Silver was claimed by Wallis and Futuna and bronze by Fiji. DC Park, Honiara, 29 November 2023

Job done! Team French Polynesia coming ashore after winning a gold medal in the Open V6 final. Silver was claimed by Wallis and Futuna and bronze by Fiji. DC Park, Honiara, 29 November 2023 Photo: RNZ Pacific / Koroi Hawkins

In the Va'a competition at the Pacific Games in Solomon Islands, French Polynesia has dominated the Open V6 men's and women's 1500m finals.

Wallis and Futuna, Fiji, the Cook Islands, Samoa and Solomon Islands, were the other participating countries and territories that made it to the final.

RNZ Pacific's Koroi Hawkins reports from the capital Honiara.