Thanks to the disqualification of an Indian weightlifter Dika Toua's Silver medal was upgraded to a Gold, giving the country it's best finish in the Commonwealth Games ever. The last (and only other) time that PNG got 2 medals was in 2006 and that was a Gold/Silver combo, so this is another grand achievement by the the 90-strong team.
Both medals came in weightlifting - Steven Kukuna Kari getting a straight Gold in the first week of the competition - but there were many other personal bests picked up along the way.
I hope the athletes are able to bring back some of the excitement of the games to PNG and encourage more of the nations sportsmen and women to reach their world class standard. However for me, the thrill is of watching teams from all backgrounds working hard and challenging themselves on a positive platform like the one we saw at Glasgow 2014. I can't wait to see how Papua New Guinea manage to build on this in Australia in four years time.
Go PNG!
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