Lesotho at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Lesotho at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
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CGF code	LES
CGA	Lesotho National Olympic Committee
Website	lnoc.tripod.com
in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	20 in 4 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

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
Toka Badboy	5000 m	—	DSQ
	10000 m	—	31:22.38	13
Tsepo Mathibelle	Marathon	—	DNF
Ramolefi Motsieloa		—	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
Mokulubete Malatisi	1500 m	4:41.19	10	Did not advance
Lineo Chaka	5000 m	—	18:35.38	18
Mokulubete Malatisi		—	17:35.72	17
Lineo Chaka	10000 m	—	36:55.77	19
Neheng Khatala	Marathon	—	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
Thabo Molefe	−52 kg	—	Kalai (VAN) W 5 - 0	Bandara (SRI) L 1 - 4	Did not advance
Moroke Mokhotho	−56 kg	—	Vadamootoo (MRI) W 3 - 2	Walker (NIR) L 1 - 4	Did not advance
Qhobosheane Mohlerepe	−60 kg	Bye	McDonagh (WAL) L 0 - 5	Did not advance
Mokhachane Moshoeshoe	−69 kg	Bye	Hindley (NZL) L 1 - 4	Did not advance
Kokole Paneng	−75 kg	Tyrell (SAM) L RSC	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mantoa Ranone	−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
Malefetsane Lesofe	Men's road race	DNF

Mountain bike

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tumelo Makae	Men's cross-country	-2LAP	19
Phetetso Monese		-2LAP	18
Likeleli Masitise	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
Bafokeng Moeti	Men's −69 kg	95	14	115	11	210	11

See also

• Lesotho at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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.