Editing Pohnpei (section)

==Sport==
The FSM is part of the international Olympic movement, originally the work of James Tobin, who now sits on the IOC Executive Board, sending teams to the summer games beginning in 2000 with the Sydney games and continuing every four years to the present with athletes participating in track and field, swimming and weightlifting. The most notable Pohnpeian athlete is marathon runner [[Elias Rodriguez (athlete)|Elias Rodriguez]] who ran for the FSM at the [[Sydney Olympics]]. Rodriguez finished last in the marathon but was cheered on by tens of thousands of spectators and watched by millions of television viewers as he entered the Olympic stadium for a final lap immediately prior to the [[closing ceremony]] which was delayed to allow his finish.<ref name=LAT>{{cite web |first=Diane |last=Pucin |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-02-ss-30055-story.html |title=G'Bye, Mates |date=2 October 2000 |work=Los Angeles Times |url-status=live |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20170902113243/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/oct/02/news/ss-30055 |archive-date=2 September 2017}}</ref>

Pohnpei's state football team were coached by the world's youngest national football coach, the Englishman [[Paul Watson (football manager)|Paul Watson]], who led the team on a tour of nearby Guam, winning one match against a local team. <ref> name="FIFA20131223">{{cite news|url=https://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/224/949/8/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131223211032/http://www.fifa.com//world-match-centre/news/newsid/224/949/8/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 December 2013|title=Micronesia to Mongolia: A coaching quest|work=FIFA.com|date=23 December 2013|accessdate=18 January 2024}}</ref> The annual [[2023 Micronesian Futsal Cup|Micronesian Futsal Cup]] has been established on the island, also the work of Watson.