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• n  an athlete who lifts barbells

• A weightlifting coach explained to the Beijing News that Zou wasn't the only retired weightlifter struggling with the real world.
• On Saturday, just 12 hours after the blaze of fireworks that opened the Beijing Games, Chen Xiexia, a Chinese female weightlifter in the 48 kg class, captured the host nation's .
• Subcontinental Drift hereby names the Indian weightlifter as South Asian of the Year 2000.

• lifter

News & Articles

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• David Berger-Avenger Field dedication recalls memories of slain 1972 Olympian
  A Jewish weightlifter killed in the 1972 terrorist attacks at Munich Olympic Games is honored.
  June 10, 2013 - New Orleans Times-Picayune

Quotes

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• Van Chancellor in Tiger Sports Digest
  Despite our best of efforts and support, weightlifter Monika Devi will not be able to participate in the ongoing Olympic Games here. With the lifting event at the Games having already begun, our persuasion with the organisers, the International... Suresh Kalmadi http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suresh_Kalmadi&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE__6gxyNWScC28-ibNGiRTH-IOMw Press Trust of India http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.ptinews.com/pti%255Cptisite.nsf/0/D60EDBC4C2FD9F0B652574A10040C6E8%3FOpenDocument&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEohElHhJOvSJaNPEZxhmrPdUUYnw Aug 10, 2008 109510 143595 weightlifter She's been beyond anything I ever expected," said Chancellor. "She's our best weightlifter. She's our best player to run at 6 o'clock in the morning. She's our best practice player, not in terms of how good she is, but in terms of how hard...
• Joakim Noah in Gary Post Tribune
  In my first year and my second year, I feel like I traveled a lot,Noah said. "I still did this year, but I feel like the difference was I kept a trainer with me. My best friend is a big weightlifter, so when I wasn't in Chicago working out...