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Brighton’s Amine brothers wrestling internationally for San Marino

TDR Ed.’s Notes ; Certainly an unique story.
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As they moved up the ranks in their wrestling careers, Malik and Myles Amine of Brighton dreamed of competing in the Olympic Games. It’s a dream that may very well come true — just not in the colors they originally envisioned. Rather than competing in red, white and blue as natives of the United States, the Amines are wrestling on the international level for the San Marino, a small nation contained entirely within the borders of Italy.

They have Sammarinese citizenship because their mother’s grandfather came to the United States from San Marino in the early 1900s. “The Sammarinese women, when they marry, their kids when they have children get citizenship,” said their mother, Marcy (Mularoni) Amine. “So, it passes down to their kids. My kids have had citizenship since they were born. Between their 18th and 19th birthday, they have to reaffirm their citizenship.” The process of getting the Amine brothers eligible to wrestle for San Marino took about a year and a half, with their mother doing much of the heavy lifting to make it possible. By doing so, they forfeited the opportunity to wrestle for the United States. The Detroit Catholic Central graduates competed in freestyle for San Marino for the first time at the European Championships in April in Romania.
Rest of the results and story at https://www.livingstondaily.com/story/sports/olympics/2019/07/29/brighton-brothers-wrestling-internationally-san-marino/1782001001/

July 30, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized