Kiribati at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Kiribati at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Kiribati competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland from 23 July – 3 August 2014. Due to a scheduling conflict between the Commonwealth Games and the 2014 Micronesian Games in Pohnpei, Kiribati has had to split its delegation between the two events. In Glasgow, the country is represented by 20 athletes in six sports: athletics, badminton, boxing, table tennis, weightlifting and wrestling. Participating in their fifth Commonwealth Games, Kiribati won its first medal, a gold, in men's weightlifting 105 kg by David Katoatau. Taoriba Biniati is Kiribati's first female boxer. She represented
Bids for the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur on 24 January to try and resolve these issues and ensure the future of the games. On 31 January 2014 Gideon Sam, vice-president of the Commonwealth Games Federation, was quoted in "The Namibian" stating intentions of holding the 2022 games in Africa following meetings in Kuala Lumpur: “We decided that 2022 will be Africa’s time. Africa makes up a huge number of Commonwealth countries and we now appeal to African leaders to be brave, to club together and to come forward so that we can host the Commonwealth Games" "“We cannot continue doing what we did