Zaitun Sahim 
[(L-R): Elizabeth Chute and Karen Vulaca]
Two familiar faces in the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial School athletics team are slowly shifting their focus to weightlifting.
Elizabeth Chute and Karen Vulaca ran for MGM in the Coca-Cola Games last month.
Chute ran in the 100m sub junior girls final while Vulaca was part of the 4x100m that won the final.
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National team Weightlifting coach, Henry Elder says they were recommended to him by their athletics coach, Antonio Raboliku.
“We kinda talked about it and after a while we tried them and then here they are.”
The two youngsters are currently in line for the Commonwealth in India and the Under-20 Oceania in Samoa.
The Vanualevu lasses started their training with Weightlifting Fiji last year.
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