No Olympic medals for Samoa just yet...

 

As of today, Samoa has yet to receive any medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games. It's been very difficult also as Samoa's borders remain closed and the government chose not to send any athletes to Tokyo.

Therefore, the only athletes who are able to support Samoa, in their quest for medals at these Olympic games, are those who are based outside of Samoa and are registered to represent Samoa.

That must have been very sad for the athletes who have been training for years and especially for the Weight lifting team who were in for medal contention having done well at the Commonwealth games in 2018, in Australia, with 5 medals (2 gold and 3 silver) but this was not to be.

Hopefully at the next games, Samoa will be in to win. By that time, may the vaccinations be fully utilised and the pandemic a distant memory but until then we're wishing well to those athletes who are still awaiting for their events to start before the closing ceremony in the next few days, especially if they represent Samoa...