, where Noa and Manoa competed in athletics events Tavevele Noa was the sole male athletic competitor to compete for Tuvalu at the London Olympics at the age of 20. Noa qualified for the Games by using a wildcard after competing in an event on Tuvalu's main island and was selected to take part in the
men's 100 metres dash. In an interview before the Games he said he was looking to competing in the Olympics and felt nervous but aimed to establish a new personal best time. Noa was drawn in the second heat of the preliminary round on 4 August, finishing sixth out of seven runners, with a time of 11.55 seconds. He finished 72nd out of 76 overall and did not advance to the later stages after being ¾ of a second slower than the slowest athlete in his heat who progressed. At the age of 20 years and 73 days, Asenate Manoa was the youngest athlete to represent Tuvalu at the London Games. Manoa qualified for the Games by using a wildcard because her fastest time of 13.82 seconds, recorded on 21 June 2011 in
Apia, Samoa, was 2.44 seconds slower than the "B" qualifying standard for her event, the
women's 100 metres sprint. In an interview with
The Daily Telegraph before the Games she said she had been nervous taking part in Beijing but was looking forward to participating in London. Her time established a new
Tuvaluan national record in the displicine. He finished 73rd overall out of 78 competitors, and was unable to progress into the first round after finishing 1.48 seconds slower than the slowest athlete in her heat who made the later stages. She was pleased with her performance, saying that she felt she could run quicker: "I know what I need to work on, in order for me to go faster and get another National Record. I hope everyone in Tuvalu is proud of me."
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