After 3 weeks of training in Korea, Palau's wrestlers which were lead by Coach Young Ho, Ko went to Marakech, Morrocco in their attempt to qualify. The 2012 Africa Oceania Olympic Qualifer (2nd phase) was held in Marrakech, Morrocco from March 16-18, 2012. Team Palau included Elgin Elwais who competed in the Greco Roman 55kg weight division, Radley Umang in the 60kg Greco Roman style and Florian Skilang Temengil who competed in the 120kg Freestyle weight division.
The qualifier proved to be really tough as wrestlers from American Samoa (2), Australia (11), Guam (2), NZ (1), Palau (3), and FSM (1) competed in this tournament. Skilang was the only wrestler from Palau to win a match against NZ. However, it was 1 Australian and 1 athlete from American Samoa from the Oceania region who were able to qualify.
Next qualifer will be in Taiyun, China next month and the final qualifier will be in Finland.
Last Modified on 26/03/2012 13:54