Marz Akapito
Team Press Attache
London (July 28, 2012): Manuel Minginfel is probably the most widely publicized high level athlete from Micronesia. Among the six athletes from the FSM who will go down in the history of the XXX Olympiad, Minginfel has the deepest depth of experience as he is the only one who shall have been to four Olympics since his country's first debut in 2000. Manuel is simply Micronesia's super star.
And why not? The 33-year old Yapese weightlifter has had an impressive history of dominance in his sport not only in Micronesia but Oceania as well. In June of this year, he was named the best overall lifter at the Oceania Weightlifting Championship in Samoa. Manuel has dedicated half the duration of his young life to the sport he loves so much, and in doing so, he has raised the profile of his country to an unprecedented level and made his people proud to be known as Micronesians. He made international fame when he won a silver medal at an international weightlifting championship held in the city of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic about five years ago.
Micronesia has very high hope in Manuel who is keen on breaking his own personal best of 293kg at this Olympics. As he is among the best fifteen in the world walking into this competition, others are even whispering that he might even surprise himself. For Manuel, he is just happy to be back at the Olympics and grateful that he has always been the flag-bearer for his country at the opening ceremonies since FSM's first Olympics in 2000.
pwipwi, killis chapur for a good job so far... do u guys tweet? esp. the athletes? it would've been super nice... u know even here on Kuu-aamw, i cannot get coverage on u guys... ur my only hope. btw, pls have ur athletes talk about this games next time u interview one... keep up d good wrk. Killis sefal...
ReplyDeleteNice keep it up Manuel, you make us proud. And thanks also to the interviewer.
ReplyDeletemr. akapito, thank you for sharing this with everyone and another big thank you to mr. minginfel for being a great role model to the youth of our country.
ReplyDeletemr. akapito, will you be interviewing the other olympic athletes as well? we're curious to know what their aspirations and goals on bringing the gold home.
aloha!
Alice,
DeleteSorry for being late in putting up interviews from the other 5 athletes. I'm trying to schedule around their time. The next interview will be one of the girls who will be competing on the 3rd. Thank you for following our athletes as they try to represent us well.
Such a good interview! Thanks for posting this and other updates/news from London!
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