RMI athletes at Youth Olympics

Part of the RMI team that is in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the Youth Olympic Games this week, from left: Alexander Adiniwin (wrestling Greco Roman), Daniel Note Ranis (swimming) and Joshua Ralpho (weightlifting).
Part of the RMI team that is in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the Youth Olympic Games this week, from left: Alexander Adiniwin (wrestling Greco Roman), Daniel Note Ranis (swimming) and Joshua Ralpho (weightlifting).

A team of Marshall Islands athletes are in Buenos Aires for the Youth Olympic Games competition. Alexander Adiniwin is competing in wrestling, Joshua Ralpho is in the wrestling competition, Rosemaline Watley is in the women’s high jump, and Kayla Hepler and Daniel Ranis are both in the swimming competition.

Adiniwin, 16, was featured in a story in the Pacific Daily News earlier this week. Adiniwin won gold in the Oceania Wrestling Championships held in Guam recently, which qualified him for the Youth Olympics.