Kelvin Tuʻiala Masoe (born 4 March 1999 in Satuiatua) is a

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sprinter who competed at the

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. He attended school at Vaiola College on the island of Savaii in

Athletics career

Masoe competed for

at the

in the men's 100 m and the men's 200 m sprint events. In the men's 100 m, Masoe was drafted into heat 2 of the competition, he ran the race in a new personal best of 10.72 seconds and finished fifth place out of out of seven athletes, this time was unable to advance Masoe through to the later rounds. In the men's 200 m, Masoe was drafted into heat 7 and finished seventh out of the eight athletes that raced, beating only Pako Seribe who did not finish the race. Masoe ran the race in another personal best of 21.98 seconds but was not fast enough to advance through to the later rounds of competition. In 2019, Masoe competed in the

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. Masoe won the gold medal on long jump, with a national record of 7.65 meters. Masoe proceeded to also earn the bronze medal in the 100 m with a personal best of 10.56 seconds. Masoe then added a third medal to his haul with a silver in the 4 x 100 m relay, in which team Samoa achieved a time of 40.26 seconds.

Rugby Sevens career

In 2019, Masoe was called up onto the Samoa rugby sevens squad along with

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following the absence of the injured Uaina Sione, and Laaloi Leilua. Masoe was scheduled to compete at the 2019 South Africa Sevens tournament in

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. Masoa and

contested Pool D, with

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, and

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. They weren't able to win any of their games, finishing with an 0 and 3 record, which lead them to play for thirteenth place against

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. Masoe was substituted on in the tenth minute, and scored the final try of the match in the fourteenth, putting Samoa up 38-7 and winning the match.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Masoe, Kelvin 1999 births Living people Commonwealth Games competitors for Samoa Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Samoan male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Pacific Games gold medalists for Samoa Pacific Games silver medalists for Samoa Pacific Games bronze medalists for Samoa Pacific Games medalists in athletics