Editing Majuro (section)

==Sport==
Majuro was initially scheduled to host the [[2010 Micronesian Games|seventh edition]] of the [[Micronesian Games]], in 2010. It subsequently renounced its hosting rights, citing a lack of adequate infrastructure.<ref name="gZybP">[http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=2&newsID=78793 "Scaled down Micro Games in 2010"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928095140/http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=2&newsID=78793 |date=2011-09-28 |df=mdy-all}}, Jon Perez, ''Saipan Tribune'', April 9, 2008</ref><ref name="nKzWm">{{cite news |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=39650 |title=Two Northern Pacific countries vying for the right to host Micronesia Games |date=May 8, 2008 |publisher=[[Radio New Zealand International]] |access-date=October 19, 2011}}</ref> In 2018, the Marshall Islands were awarded the 2022 Micro Games,<ref>{{cite web |title=Sport: Marshall Islands to host 2022 Micronesian Games |website=[[Radio New Zealand]] |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/363034/sport-marshall-islands-to-host-2022-micronesian-games |date=July 31, 2018 |access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref> and a new stadium is being built in Majuro. (In 2021, it was decided to move back the Games a year, to 2023.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/455069/micronesian-games-pushed-back-a-year |title=Micronesian Games pushed back a year |website=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=November 6, 2021}}</ref>) The new stadium is also expected to host soccer matches, which will be a first step in forming the Marshall Islands' first-ever national soccer team.

Weightlifter [[Mattie Sasser|Mattie Langtor Sasser]] competed for the Marshall Islands in the [[2016 Summer Olympics]], participating in the Women's 58&nbsp;kg category on August 8.<ref name="1FNsS">{{cite web|url=http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-3849-0-0-0&sID=40444&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=46471735|title=Mattie Sasser is lifted by Rio experience. - Marshall Islands National Olympic Committee|publisher=SportsTG|access-date=2016-10-31|archive-date=2016-10-31 |df=mdy-all |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031212209/http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-3849-0-0-0&sID=40444&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=46471735|url-status=dead}}</ref>