Tonga's third gold medal in the South Pacific Games came from 'Ana Po'uhila, in the women's Shot Put with a throw of 16.60m, on Friday.

The win along with another silver and a couple of bronze medals for Tongans allowed Tonga reclaim its No. 10 position on the medal tally.

The girls also won a silver from soccer.

There was a bronze from Taekwondo in the male Black Belt Fly weight 54-58kg by Vatiaki Moala; and a bronze from Power Lifting in the men's 125kg category by Viliami Tu'amoheloa with a 670kg lift.

Tonga now has three gold, 14 silver and 10 bronze - a total of 27 medals.

The top ten gold medal holders and their total medals are -
1 - New Caledonia 86, 67, 65, 218
2 - Tahiti 43, 40, 30, 113
3 - Samoa 43, 32, 48, 123
4 - Fiji 36, 50, 43, 129
5 - Papua New Guinea 36, 23, 31, 90
6 - Nauru 15, 9, 12, 36
7 - Palau 9, 4, 3, 16
8 - Federated States of Micronesia 6, 6, 1, 13
9 - Cook Islands 5, 9, 8, 22
10 - Tonga 3, 14, 10, 27

The other island nations with three gold medals each but with fewer total medals are American Samoa, Tokelau and Wallis and Futuna.