By Journal on August 19, 2021
Amy Lacost, Collen Furgeson, Gaku Hashimoto, Japan, Johnathan Jordan, National Olympic Committee, Olympic Games, Phillip Kinono, Terry Sasser, Tokyo
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TERRY SASSER* The July 23 Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, which took place a year later than planned, was described by global media outlets as “muted,” “somber,” “subdued,” “overshadowed by a pandemic, but defined by hope, tradition and gestures of diversity.” Rio Olympian swimmer Colleen Furgeson, modeling a traditional Marshallese costume provided […]
By Journal on July 2, 2021
Amy Lacost, Bollong Joklur, Colleen Furgeson, Johnathan Jordan, Kabuati Bob, Olympics, Phillip Kinono, Terry Sasser, Tokyo
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In spite of the continued global Covid-19 pandemic and associated travel restrictions, which have already denied several Oceania countries the opportunity to participate in the Olympics, Marshall Islands will have a team at the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Tokyo next month. Rio Olympian and recent Lincoln College graduate Colleen Furgeson will again represent […]
By Journal on November 6, 2020
Eve Burns, Marshall Islands National Olympic Committee, Micronesian games, Niiti Atantaake, RMI weightlifting Team, Terry Sasser
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EVE BURNS Here’s to the team in the Marshall Islands that never burns out and didn’t die out. The RMI weightlifting team always brings in medals from any international competition they compete in, even as the weightlifting team adds new faces from year to year. For the upcoming Micronesian Games, weightlifting got ahead of every […]
By Journal on July 9, 2020
Bobby Muller, Eve Burns, Kitlang kabua, Micronesian games, MINOC, Terry Sasser
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EVE BURNSThe 2020 Tokyo Olympics were pushed back by a year and the 2021 Pacific Mini-Games in Saipan are considering rescheduling due to the Covid-19 pandemic. While there are concerns regarding the Micronesian Games scheduled for Majuro in 2020, the RMI still has two years before these are scheduled to open. Officials with the RMI […]
By Journal on December 14, 2017
Amanda Gould, Jeki Lanki, Mathlynn "Mattie" Sasser, Mattie Sasser, Maximina Uepa, Nauru, New Zealand, Pacific Mini Games, Tauati Noere, Terry Sasser, Tony Muller
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On the first day of the Pacific Mini Games weightlifting competition, Marshall Islands’ Mathlynn “Mattie” Sasser dominated the women’s 63kg category, setting five Oceania and five Pacific Games records on her way to three gold medals. Her 219kg (483lbs) total was 46kg (101lbs) above silver-medalist Amanda Gould of New Zealand and bronze-medalist Maximina Uepa of […]
By Journal on April 28, 2017
Bobby Muller, Deborah Shoniber, Kenneth Kramer, National Olympic Committee, Robert Pinho, Terry Sasser, Tony Muller, Waylon Muller
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The Marshall Islands National Olympic Committee extended the terms of five of its seven executive members, including President Kenneth Kramer and Secretary General Terry Sasser, at its every-four-year election last week at the Marshall Islands Resort. Nine sports federations affiliated with the National Olympic Committee (NOC) were eligible to cast votes in the election of […]
By Journal on December 22, 2016
58kg category, Jessida Lucero, Mattie Sasser, Sarabeth Phillips, Terry Sasser, USAW World Team, weightlifting
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Mattie Sasser continued her winning ways with a gold medal performance in the United States earlier this month. Competing at the 2016 American Open weightlifting competition in Orlando, Florida, Sasser’s 88kg/194lb snatch and 113kg/249lb clean and jerk for a 201kg/442lbs total broke her previous Oceania 58kg junior snatch and total records. At USA Weightlifting’s (USAW) […]
By Journal on August 18, 2016
100m, Colleen Ferguson, Giordan Harris, Katy Atkinson, Kenneth Kramer, Olympics, Richson Simeon, Sarah Stepchew, Simon Thompson, Terry Sasser, Usain Bolt
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KATY ATKINSON and SIMON THOMPSON, The Reporters’ Academy Richson Simeon, 18, broke his personal best sprint time as he recorded a time of 11.81 seconds in the Men’s 100m at the Olympic Stadium in Rio last week. After his moment under the spotlight, Simeon mulled over his race: “There weren’t many expectations on me today, […]
By Journal on June 9, 2016
Jenly Tegu Wini, Kabuati Bob, Mack Capelle, Mathlynn Sasser, Mattie Sasser, MIWLF, Terry Sasser, Tia-Clair Toomey, Tony Muller, weightlifting
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Marshall Islands weightlifters Mathlynn “Mattie” Sasser and Kabuati Bob joined over 200 athletes from 19 countries at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships and Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Suva, Fiji last month. Mattie set numerous records on her way to winning gold and was honored at the tournament’s closing as the Best Junior Female Lifter […]
By Journal on December 18, 2015
American Open, Kabuati "Tao" Bob, Mathlynn "Mattie" Sasser, MIWLF, Oceania Junior, RMI, Terry Sasser, weightlifter
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Marshall Islands weightlifter Mathlynn “Mattie” Sasser made history for the RMI at the American Open earlier this month, beating 64 of the best women weightlifters in the US to win a silver medal, while breaking an Oceania Junior record that has stood for 14 years. Marshall Islands Weightlifting Federation’s (MIWLF) national lifters Sasser and Kabuati […]