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NZ’s Tilly Hollyer and Peyton Leigh secured gold and silver. Photos: Danzo Kakadi, Pacific Games News Service<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

New Zealand’s 21-year-old Tilly Hollyer won gold in the women’s 800m on Tuesday night at the Sol2023 Pacific Games in a race that saw New Zealand snatch both gold and silver podium positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Halley finished in 2 minutes and 12:29 seconds at Honiara\u2019s National Stadium, closely followed by countrywoman Peyton Leigh (2:13.79).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Caledonia\u2019s Charlotte Michel finished third to claim bronze in 2:14.73.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On her pathway to compete at Sol2023, Hollyer told the Pacific Games News Service: \u201cI just saw the opportunity come up with Athletics New Zealand, they wanted to take a development team. So, I’m still kind of young, 21, so I thought \u2018this would be a cool opportunity\u2019. They bought me through it, and it just ended up being at a good time of year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI never would have come here (otherwise) so, it’s awesome. Everyone is so friendly. Everyone wants to interact with you like you need to exchange badges. It’s a cool atmosphere and everyone in the stadium, it was so cool hearing everyone cheer. It\u2019s such an awesome place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hollyer thanked her coach, Mike Wrigley, for challenging her to participate in this year\u2019s Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe has helped me get here. And I’ve improved every year that I’ve been with him. So definitely, a lot of thanks to him. He’s very supportive and patient because I’m very hard to work with sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Delisha Koime and Frank Teho, Pacific Games News Service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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