Seeking to make her first Olympic team since controversially missing out in London four years ago, the Frankford 30-year-old fell short of her own expectations in Suva.

Myers snatched 93 kilograms and added a 115 clean and jerk for a 208kg total but had previously said she required at least a 105kg snatch and 135kg clean and jerk to be competitive in the race for Australia’s sole female weightlifting berth in Rio.

Myers needs to outperform the other competing Australian girls to claim the spot. The team is due to be announced next month.

Tasmanian Institute of Sport sports program coordinator Brendan Long said the total fell short of a 214kg total Myers lifted in Brisbane in March.

“We are not optimistic of Jenna gaining Olympic selection given these figures,” Long said.

“Based on her performance plan, we think she needed about a 230kg total to be ranked as the best Australian.”

The 75kg division in Fiji had a strong Tasmanian flavour with Myers’ training partner Camilla Fogagnolo finishing third with a 196kg total.

On an eventful day when a 6.4-scale earthquake struck Fiji, Samoa’s 24-year-old Commonwealth Games silver medallist Mary Opeloge won with a total of 225kg.

Former Exeter primary and high student Myers, who began lifting at Launceston PCYC, is a multiple national champion who has graced Oceania and world championships.

The Parks and Wildlife ranger finished sixth at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, ironically with the same 208kg total she lifted in Fiji, and despite qualifying for the Australian team four years later did not compete in Glasgow after an 11th-hour program to drop a weight division.

In other Tasmanian Olympic developments, Launceston cyclist Richie Porte is set to hit the road again.

BMC has named Porte in its team for the 68th edition of the Criterium du Dauphine next week.

The race is traditionally seen as a key lead-in to the Tour de France in which Porte is expected to lead the BMC team alongside American Teejay van Garderen.

Headlined by Porte’s long-time training partner and defending race champion Chris Froome of Team Sky plus Alberto Contador and Fabio Aru, the race includes most riders expected to contend for the Tour except Colombian Nairo Quintana.