The Beach Wrestling competition took place at Long Island on Sunday, June 28th. There were a total of 6 teams that competed. The overall team ranking and the most medals went to Ngatpang State that placed 1st, Sonsorol State placed 2nd and Peleliu State 3rd place.
There were a total of 80 athletes that included 50 men and 30 women that competed in the Beach Wrestling Competition. The athletes competed in the Cadets, Juniors and Seniors Division for both Men and Women. Among the athletes there were 2 that stood out from the rest. Steve Kinere, 19 years old, of Ngatpang won the gold medal for Ngatpang State in both the Mens Junior Light and Mens Senior Light Division. Elton Nestor competed and defeated his opponents in both the Junior Heavy Weight Division and the Senior Heavy Weight Division. There were at least 300 spectators at the competition site cheering their teams and athletes. This was a lot of fun especially on the last day of the games.
Other highlights of the day include the female junior ligh division, Keolani Emeterio (Sonsorol) won gold medal after defeating Kazuko Oda (Ngatpang) and Melissa Ngiralmau (Ngatpang). In the female Junior Heavy Division, Sasha Ishmael (Ngatpang) won 1st over Natalie Franco (Sonsorol) who placed 2nd and Eues Rechelluud (Ngatpang). Billy Shaulomai of ngatpang placed 1st in the Senior Mens Light Division while Shirley Tirso placed 1st in the Female Seniors Ligh Division. Belbult Idesmang (Ngatpang) placed 1st in the female middle weight division and Sandy Andres (Sonsorol) won gold in the Seniors female heavy weight division.
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Team Medal Count - Beach Wrestling Men and Women
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State
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Gold
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Silver
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Bronze
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Total Medals
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1
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Ngatpang
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6
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8
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13
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27
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2
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Sonsorol
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8
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4
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3
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15
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3
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Peleliu
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0
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1
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2
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3
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4
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Melekeok
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0
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0
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3
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3
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5
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Kayangel
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0
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1
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0
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1
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6
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Koror
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0
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0
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0
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0
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The Belau Games is held every 2 years. In between those years, we will have the Belau Youth Games for those kids who are 15 and under. See you next year.
Last Modified on 13/07/2015 12:13