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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Phil Blanche

Boxer wins first Commonwealth Games medal for tiny island nation of Niue

PA Wire

Boxer Duken Tutakitoa-Williams took just five minutes to seal his place in Commonwealth Games history by winning Niue’s first-ever medal.

With a population of around 1,600, it was perhaps no surprise that Niue – a coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean 375 miles to the east of Tonga – had never made its way onto the medal table at five previous Games.

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