12 Jun 2012

Sport: American Samoa to send five athletes to London

10:47 am on 12 June 2012

American Samoa is sending five athletes to the Olympic Games in London next month.

They are discus thrower Alexandra Nichole Morgan, sprinter Elama Fa'atonu, swimmers Ching Maou Wei and Megan Fonteno and wrestler Nathaniel Tuamoheloa.

Ching Maou and Nathaniel Tuamoheloa will soon be departing the territory for two months of training in Manchester, while Elama Fa'atonu will be heading to Australia.

Morgan and Fortuno are currently based in the United States and will join the team in London.