The 2011 Coca Cola Games will be a close race for the winner.
Those are the words of the athletics experts with less than 24 hours remaining for the biggest game in the Pacific.
Fiji Athletics President, Albert Miller believes that defending boys champion, Suva Grammar will still be strong despite losing to Marist Brothers High School in the Zone.
Miller added that both schools will be strong contender for the boys title while in the girls category it will be between ACS and Suva Grammar.
Field expert, Henry Elder also highlighted that the presence of rural based schools will test the strength of schools like Marist and RKS who have dominated the field events in their respective zones.
Elder said that from the results that have come from other zones, it has indicated that again like in the past - there will be surprises in the field results.
Wait for the gun to go before you start the race.
This is the advice of the Coca Cola Games Chief Organiser, Vuli Waqa ahead of the competition tomorrow.
While there has been a lot of debate on why the No False Start rules will now be use in the Coke Games and not during the Zone, Waqa said that it is simple to let the athlete know that they have to wait for the gun to go before they can start their race and anyone moving before the gun goes is out of the race.
He added that unlike in the past where the chief starter decision will be final in identify any athlete which breaks the rules, this year they will have a track referee who will also assist in making the call.
Close to 2660 athletes will be at the TFL Stadium when the Coca Cola Games start at 8.30am tomorrow.
Story by: Dreu Vukailagi
Close race for Coke Games
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