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(240811) -- PARIS, Aug. 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Weightlifter Li Wenwen of China poses for selfies with spectators during the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France in Paris, France, Aug. 11, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zheng Huansong)

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The Paris Summer Olympic Games 2024

Weightlifter Solfrid Eila Amena Koanda of Norway carries the Norwegian flag during the closing ceremony of the Paris Summer Olympic Games in Stade de France in Paris on August 11, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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(SP)SYRIA-DAMASCUS-ATHLETES-TRAINING

(230903) -- DAMASCUS, Sept. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Man Asaad, a 29-year-old heavyweight weightlifter, trains for the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games in China at the al-Fayhaa Sports City in Damascus, Syria, Aug. 7, 2023. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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Syrian athletes strive to forge path to glory despite challenges

STORY: Syrian athletes strive to forge path to glory despite challenges DATELINE: Aug. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Syrian weightlifters 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MAN ASAAD, Syrian weightlifter 3. various of Syrian weightlifters and wrestlers 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): OMAR SAREM, Syrian wrestler 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): MUHAMMAD AL-HAYEK, Member of the Executive Office and Head of the Athletics Office STORYLINE: As the Hangzhou Asian Games in China draw near, Syrian athletes are preparing to give their best performance. Their aim isn't just to secure medals, but also to reshape global perceptions of Syria with every effort they make. At al-Fayhaa sports city in Damascus, the athletes are undergoing intensive training. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MAN ASAAD, Syrian weightlifter "There are overwhelming difficulties. Whether during the war or now, our economic situation is difficult. Before the crisis, it was extremely difficult for us. We used to f

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Syrian athletes strive to forge path to glory despite challenges

STORY: Syrian athletes strive to forge path to glory despite challenges DATELINE: Aug. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:04 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Syrian weightlifter Man Asaad training 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MAN ASAAD, Syrian weightlifter 3. various of Syrian wrestler Omar Sarem training 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): OMAR SAREM, Syrian wrestler STORYLINE: Despite the ongoing turmoil in their homeland and the relentless impact of the U.S. and Western sanctions, Syrian athletes are proving that resilience and ambition can triumph over even the harshest challenges. As the upcoming Asian Games is around the corner, the Syrian athletes are gearing up to bring their A-game. They are not just vying for medals; they are striving to reshape perceptions of their homeland with each lift of the barbell, and each stride on the mat. In the al-Fayhaa Sports City in Damascus, Man Asaad, a 29-year-old heavyweight weightlifter who clinched the bronze medal in the +109 kg category at the 2020 Summer

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(SP)INDONESIA-BOGOR-WEIGHTLIFTING TRAINING-YOUNG AGE

(230524) -- BOGOR, May 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children practice weightlifting at Batavia Bersatu Maju (BBM) gym in Parung Panjang district in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on May 23, 2023. BBM gym is established in 2021 by Deni, a former Indonesian weightlifter who was placed the first position in Southeast Asian Games 2019. Children from 9 to 17 years old participate in daily weightlifting training here for free. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)

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(SP)INDONESIA-BOGOR-WEIGHTLIFTING TRAINING-YOUNG AGE

(230524) -- BOGOR, May 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A girl practices weightlifting at Batavia Bersatu Maju (BBM) gym in Parung Panjang district in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on May 23, 2023. BBM gym is established in 2021 by Deni, a former Indonesian weightlifter who was placed the first position in Southeast Asian Games 2019. Children from 9 to 17 years old participate in daily weightlifting training here for free. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)

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(SP)INDONESIA-BOGOR-WEIGHTLIFTING TRAINING-YOUNG AGE

(230524) -- BOGOR, May 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A girl practices weightlifting at Batavia Bersatu Maju (BBM) gym in Parung Panjang district in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on May 23, 2023. BBM gym is established in 2021 by Deni, a former Indonesian weightlifter who was placed the first position in Southeast Asian Games 2019. Children from 9 to 17 years old participate in daily weightlifting training here for free. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)

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(SP)INDONESIA-BOGOR-WEIGHTLIFTING TRAINING-YOUNG AGE

(230524) -- BOGOR, May 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A girl practices weightlifting at Batavia Bersatu Maju (BBM) gym in Parung Panjang district in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on May 23, 2023. BBM gym is established in 2021 by Deni, a former Indonesian weightlifter who was placed the first position in Southeast Asian Games 2019. Children from 9 to 17 years old participate in daily weightlifting training here for free. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)

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(SP)INDONESIA-BOGOR-WEIGHTLIFTING TRAINING-YOUNG AGE

(230524) -- BOGOR, May 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A coach helps a girl practice weightlifting at Batavia Bersatu Maju (BBM) gym in Parung Panjang district in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on May 23, 2023. BBM gym is established in 2021 by Deni, a former Indonesian weightlifter who was placed the first position in Southeast Asian Games 2019. Children from 9 to 17 years old participate in daily weightlifting training here for free. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)

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(SP)INDONESIA-BOGOR-WEIGHTLIFTING TRAINING-YOUNG AGE

(230524) -- BOGOR, May 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children warms up before practice weightlifting at Batavia Bersatu Maju (BBM) gym in Parung Panjang district in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on May 23, 2023. BBM gym is established in 2021 by Deni, a former Indonesian weightlifter who was placed the first position in Southeast Asian Games 2019. Children from 9 to 17 years old participate in daily weightlifting training here for free. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)

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(SP)INDONESIA-BOGOR-WEIGHTLIFTING TRAINING-YOUNG AGE

(230524) -- BOGOR, May 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A girl practices weightlifting at Batavia Bersatu Maju (BBM) gym in Parung Panjang district in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on May 23, 2023. BBM gym is established in 2021 by Deni, a former Indonesian weightlifter who was placed the first position in Southeast Asian Games 2019. Children from 9 to 17 years old participate in daily weightlifting training here for free. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)

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(SP)INDONESIA-BOGOR-WEIGHTLIFTING TRAINING-YOUNG AGE

(230524) -- BOGOR, May 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A boy practices weightlifting at Batavia Bersatu Maju (BBM) gym in Parung Panjang district in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on May 23, 2023. BBM gym is established in 2021 by Deni, a former Indonesian weightlifter who was placed the first position in Southeast Asian Games 2019. Children from 9 to 17 years old participate in daily weightlifting training here for free. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)

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(SP)INDONESIA-BOGOR-WEIGHTLIFTING TRAINING-YOUNG AGE

(230524) -- BOGOR, May 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A girl practices weightlifting at Batavia Bersatu Maju (BBM) gym in Parung Panjang district in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on May 23, 2023. BBM gym is established in 2021 by Deni, a former Indonesian weightlifter who was placed the first position in Southeast Asian Games 2019. Children from 9 to 17 years old participate in daily weightlifting training here for free. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)

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(SP)INDONESIA-BOGOR-WEIGHTLIFTING TRAINING-YOUNG AGE

(230524) -- BOGOR, May 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A boy practices weightlifting at Batavia Bersatu Maju (BBM) gym in Parung Panjang district in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on May 23, 2023. BBM gym is established in 2021 by Deni, a former Indonesian weightlifter who was placed the first position in Southeast Asian Games 2019. Children from 9 to 17 years old participate in daily weightlifting training here for free. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)

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Chinese weightlifter Zhou sets world record

INCHEON, South Korea - Chinese weightlifter Zhou Lulu acknowledges spectators after lifting 192 kilograms to set a world record in the women's over-75kg class at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 26, 2014.

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Japanese weightlifter Mizuochi

LONDON, Britain - Honami Mizuochi waves to the crowd after successfully lifting 96 kilograms in the clean and jerk during the Olympic women's weightlifting 48-kg class at ExCel London on July 28, 2012.

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Japanese weightlifter Mizuochi

LONDON, Britain - Honami Mizuochi hoists 96 kilograms in the clean and jerk during the Olympic women's weightlifting 48-kg class at ExCel London on July 28, 2012.

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Hiromi Miyake

Hiromi Miyake, weightlifter for the Beijing olympic Games (photo taken on Oct. 10, 2007)

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(4)Torch arrives in historic town of Marathon

MARATHON, Greece - People pose for photos in front of the Olympic flame-holder in Marathon on Aug. 10. The same day, Greek weightlifter Georgios Tzelilis lit the altar with the Olympic flame.

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(3)Torch arrives in historic town of Marathon

MARATHON, Greece - Greek weightlifter Georgios Tzelilis lights the altar with the Olympic flame in Marathon on Aug. 10.

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(2)Torch arrives in historic town of Marathon

MARATHON, Greece - The Olympic flame carried by Greek weightlifter Georgios Tzelilis arrives in Marathon on Aug. 10, three days before the start of the Athens Games.

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(4)Japanese athletes full of pep

SYDNEY, Australia - Weightlifter Hisaya Yoshimoto relaxes by lifting his teammate Yasuji Kikuzuma.

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Korean weightlifter wins Japanese high school meet

ESASHI, Japan - Pak Dok Gwi, 16, of the Hokkaido Korean School, celebrates after winning the gold medal in the 94-kg weightlifting competition at the national high school games on Aug. 5 in Esashi, Iwate Prefecture, northeast Japan. He is the first competitor from a Korean school in Japan to win a title at the inter-scholastic sports meet.

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5-time Olympic women's weightlifter Miyake to retire

Two-time women's weightlifting Olympic medalist Hiromi Miyake, who represented Japan at five games, attends a retirement press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2021, her 36th birthday. Miyake won a silver in her third Olympics in London in 2012 and a bronze at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016.

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5-time Olympic women's weightlifter Miyake to retire

Two-time women's weightlifting Olympic medalist Hiromi Miyake, who represented Japan at five games, poses at a retirement press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2021, her 36th birthday. Miyake won a silver in her third Olympics in London in 2012 and a bronze at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016.

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5-time Olympic women's weightlifter Miyake retires

Two-time women's weightlifting Olympic medalist Hiromi Miyake, who represented Japan at five games, attends a retirement press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2021, her 36th birthday. Miyake won a silver in her third Olympics in London in 2012 and a bronze at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016.

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5-time Olympic women's weightlifter Miyake retires

Two-time women's weightlifting Olympic medalist Hiromi Miyake, who represented Japan at five games, attends a retirement press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2021, her 36th birthday. Miyake won a silver in her third Olympics in London in 2012 and a bronze at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016.

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Face masks during Tokyo Olympics

Athletes wearing face masks kiss their medals during the Tokyo Olympics in the summer of 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic: (clockwise from top L) Cuban boxer Julio la Cruz, Brazilian swimmer Bruno Fratus, Philippine weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz and Chinese air rifle shooter Yang Qian.

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Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifting

A German weightlifter competes in the women's 59-kilogram event at the Tokyo Olympics on July 27, 2021, at Tokyo International Forum in the capital.

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Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifting

Japanese weightlifter Mikiko Andoh lifts 120 kilograms in the jerk portion in the women's 59-kilogram event at the Tokyo Olympics on July 27, 2021, at Tokyo International Forum in the capital.

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Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifting

Japanese weightlifter Mikiko Andoh lifts 120 kilograms in the jerk portion in the women's 59-kilogram event at the Tokyo Olympics on July 27, 2021, at Tokyo International Forum in the capital. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifting

Japanese weightlifter Mikiko Andoh lifts 120 kilograms in the jerk portion in the women's 59-kilogram event at the Tokyo Olympics on July 27, 2021, at Tokyo International Forum in the capital.

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Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifting

Chinese weightlifter Li Fabin lifts 172 kilograms in the clean and jerk of the men's 61-kilogram event at the Tokyo Olympics on July 25, 2021, at Tokyo International Forum. Li won gold.

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Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifting

Chinese weightlifter Li Fabin poses with his gold medal after winning the men's 61-kilogram event at the Tokyo Olympics on July 25, 2021, at Tokyo International Forum.

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Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifting

Chinese weightlifter Hou Zhihui lifts 116 kilograms in the jerk portion en route to winning gold in the women's 49-kilogram event at the Tokyo Olympics on July 24, 2021, at Tokyo International Forum.

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Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifting

Chinese weightlifter Hou Zhihui poses for a photo with her gold medal after winning the women's 49-kilogram event at the Tokyo Olympics on July 24, 2021, at Tokyo International Forum.

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Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifting

Chinese weightlifter Hou Zhihui lifts 116 kilograms in the jerk portion en route to winning gold in the women's 49-kilogram event at the Tokyo Olympics on July 24, 2021, at Tokyo International Forum.

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Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifting

Chinese weightlifter Hou Zhihui reacts after lifting 116 kilograms in the jerk portion to win gold in the women's 49-kilogram event at the Tokyo Olympics on July 24, 2021, at Tokyo International Forum.

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Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifting

Japanese weightlifter Hiromi Miyake is pictured after failing to lift 99 kilograms in the jerk portion of the women's 49-kilogram event at the Tokyo Olympics on July 24, 2021, at Tokyo International Forum. The two-time Olympic medalist announced her retirement later in the day. (Kyodo)(TOPPAGE) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifting

Japanese weightlifter Hiromi Miyake waves after failing to lift 99 kilograms in the jerk portion of the women's 49-kilogram event at the Tokyo Olympics on July 24, 2021, at Tokyo International Forum. The two-time Olympic medalist announced her retirement later in the day.

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Tokyo Olympics: Ugandan athlete who went missing heads back home

Ugandan weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko (R) is pictured before boarding a plane at Narita airport near Tokyo on July 21, 2021. Ssekitoleko was found by police a day earlier in Yokkaichi, central Japan, after going missing on July 16 from his pre-Olympic training camp in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture.

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Bigger Stronger Faster* (2008)

Weightlifter Film: Bigger Stronger Faster* (Dokumentation) Usa 2008, Director: Chris Bell 19 January 2008 Date: 19 January 2008

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Olympics: Gold medal for North Korea

People in Pyongyang watch a large screen showing weightlifter Rim Jong Sim perform at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games on Aug. 13, 2016. Rim won the women's 75-kilogram gold medal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Gold medal for North Korea

People in Pyongyang watch a large screen showing weightlifter Rim Jong Sim perform at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games on Aug. 13, 2016. Rim won the women's 75-kilogram gold medal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Gold medal for North Korea

People in Pyongyang watch a large screen showing weightlifter Rim Jong Sim perform at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games on Aug. 13, 2016. Rim won the women's 75-kilogram gold medal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(3)Torch arrives in historic town of Marathon

MARATHON, Greece - Greek weightlifter Georgios Tzelilis lights the altar with the Olympic flame in Marathon on Aug. 10. (Kyodo)

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(2)Torch arrives in historic town of Marathon

MARATHON, Greece - The Olympic flame carried by Greek weightlifter Georgios Tzelilis arrives in Marathon on Aug. 10, three days before the start of the Athens Games. (Kyodo)

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Chinese weightlifter Zhou sets world record

INCHEON, South Korea - Chinese weightlifter Zhou Lulu acknowledges spectators after lifting 192 kilograms to set a world record in the women's over-75kg class at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 26, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Anti-coronavirus measures at sporting events

Organizing staff disinfect the shaft of a barbell after each weightlifter as part of measures against the novel coronavirus at the Japanese weightlifting championships at the New Greenpia Tsunan gymnasium in Tsunan, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 13, 2020.