Mike Riklon Archives - The Marshall Islands Journal

Weightlifters star in Solomons

By Journal on December 7, 2023 Eve Burns, Malaki Riklon, Mattie Sasser, Merean Atantaake, Mike Riklon, Pacific Games, Raymond Patterson, Solomon Islands, Takaneti Atantaake News Archive

EVE BURNS Four athletes from the RMI weightlifting team returned home last Friday after medaling in the Pacific Games in Solomon Islands. They left home and their families to train and compete for Marshall Islands, won all 10 of RMI’s Pacific Games medals, but returned to be met with no appreciation at the airport except […]

RMI lifter sparkles in Apia

By Journal on October 12, 2023 2023 Oceania Weightlifting Federation’s (OWF) Youth, Apia, Atantaake Bureka, Australia, Joshua Ralpho, Junior and U23 Championships, Marshall Islands National Olympic Committee, Mattie Sasser, Merean Atantaake, Mike Riklon, New Zealand, Philip Masi, PNG, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Takeniti Atantaake, Terry Sasser, Tony Muller News Archive

In the first session of the 2023 Oceania Weightlifting Federation’s (OWF) Youth, Junior and U23 Championships in Apia, Samoa last week, Marshall Islands weightlifters started strong with Mike Riklon winning the gold medal in the under-23 category in his 55kg (121 pounds). Not only is he now the reigning Oceania U23 Champion, but his six-for-six […]