Lesotho at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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Lesotho at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
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CGF codeLES
CGALesotho National Olympic Committee
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in Gold Coast, Australia
Competitors20 in 4 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Lesotho competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.[1]

Competitors[]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 4 5 9
Boxing 5 1 6
Cycling 3 1 4
Weightlifting 1 0 1
Total 13 7 20

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Mosito Lehata 100 m 10.50 2 Q DNF Did not advance
200 m DNS Did not advance
5000 m N/A DSQ
10000 m N/A 31:22.38 13
Tsepo Mathibelle Marathon N/A DNF
N/A 2:30:16 13
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Tsepang Sello 800 m 2:06.54 8 Did not advance
1500 m 4:41.19 10 Did not advance
5000 m N/A 18:35.38 18
N/A 17:35.72 17
10000 m N/A 36:55.77 19
Neheng Khatala Marathon N/A 2:51:04 13
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Distance Rank
Lerato Sechele Triple jump 13.57 4

Boxing[]

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Lesotho participated with a team of 6 athletes (5 men and 1 woman)

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
−52 kg N/A   (VAN)
W 5 - 0 		 Bandara (SRI)
L 1 - 4 		Did not advance
Moroke Mokhotho −56 kg N/A  Vadamootoo (MRI)
W 3 - 2 		 Walker (NIR)
L 1 - 4 		Did not advance
−60 kg Bye  McDonagh (WAL)
L 0 - 5 		Did not advance
−69 kg Bye   (NZL)
L 1 - 4 		Did not advance
−75 kg   (SAM)
L RSC 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
−57 kg  Alexis Pritchard (NZL)
L RSC 		Did not advance

Cycling[]

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Lesotho participated with 4 athletes (3 men and 1 woman).

Road[]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Men's road race DNF

Mountain bike[]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Men's cross-country -2LAP 19
Phetetso Monese -2LAP 18
Women's cross-country -4LAP 12

Weightlifting[]

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

Lesotho competed in weightlifting.[2]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Men's −69 kg 95 14 115 11 210 11

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
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