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Shirtless Samoan male athletes at Tokyo Olympic Closing Ceremony
Tokyo, JAPAN — While the 'Topless Tongan' may have stolen the show at the Olympics Opening Ceremony, it was Team Samoa that caught the attention of the public at the Closing Ceremony.  Shirtless Somoan athletes left social media users hot under the collar as they stepped out for the Closing...
 Tanumafili Malietoa Jungblut in front of Olympic logo lifting
On the grand stage of the Tokyo International Forum this past Wednesday, Tanumafili Malietoa Jungblut made his first attempt at the140kg snatch, easily clearing the weight to take on his next lift at 150kg. Dressed in a red bib, and with the audience cheering for him, he cleared 150kg too, throwing...
the screen-score board of the results of the men’s 100 meter sprint
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A news release by American Samoa National Olympic Committee (ASNOC) from Tokyo announced that American Samoa sprinter Nathan Ikon Crumpton ran a time of 11.27 in the 100 meter sprint. This was a personal best for Crumpton at an IAAF certified race and the second fastest...
Team American Samoa at Olympics
This photo taken in Tokyo, Japan and provided by the American Samoa National Olympic Committee (ASNOC) to the territory’s media, shows Team American Samoa — with athletes and officials — meeting at the start of the Tokyo Olympics for their prayer group. ASNOC President Ed Imo spoke to the group,...
Losi Filipo
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Samoa News is proudly committed to covering Manu Samoa at an extraordinary level worldwide. We even have assigned a photographer to cover Manu Samoa at the Olympic repechage in Monaco, in their last opportunity to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. Today while completing our...