The quartet of Emma Terebo, Adeline Willams, Thibaut Mary and Julien-Pierre Goyetche posted a time of 1min 49.94sec to finish ahead of Papua New Guinea and Fiji in second and third respectively. 

In the first final of the evening, Terebo had claimed the women’s 100m backstroke title in a Games record time of 1:02.60.

The 16-year-old finished 5.85 seconds clear of compatriot Suzanne Afchain in second to secure her fourth gold medal of the Games, while Fiji’s Cheyenne Rova took bronze in 1:08.59.

Lara Grangeon bagged New Caledonia’s second gold of the day in the women’s 400m freestyle event, clocking a Games record 4:20.40 to finish a massive 15.60 seconds in front of second-placed Matelita Buadromo of Fiji.

Grangeon, winner of five gold medals at these Games so far, was also joined on the podium by fellow countrywoman Charlotte Robin, the bronze medallist with a time of 4:41.97.

New Caledonia’s third gold medal came via Williams in the women’s 50m breaststroke in a time of 32.61.

Guam’s Pilar Shimizu took silver, 0.74 seconds off the pace, while Papua New Guinea’s Savannah Tkatchenko, the daughter of Papua New Guinea's Sports Minister Justin, rounded off the top three.

Elsewhere on a busy evening of swimming action, home favourite Ryan Pini won the men’s 100m freestyle in 50.63 to take his gold medal tally to three.

Stephane Debaere was Pini’s closest challenger, 0.41 seconds behind in the silver medal position, while fellow Tahitian Hugo Lambert was a further 0.37 back in third.

Lambert went one better in the men’s 400m freestyle, but despite bettering the previous Games record time, he still ended up 6.08 seconds behind fellow countryman Rahiti De Vos, who took gold in 3:56.82, with New Caledonia’s Jeremie Dufourmantelle third.

Tonga’s Amini Fonua added the men’s 50m breaststroke title to the 100m crown he won on Monday (July 6) with a Games record 28.20.

Behind him came two Tahitians, Debaere and Rainui Teriipaia-Rentier, in second and third respectively.

The swimming action is due to continue tomorrow when a further seven medal sets are due to be awarded.


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