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Last week, a rather small weight lifter named Shi Zhiyong ambled onto a stage in Athens and heaved an Olympic record 152.5 kg before catapulting himself into an ecstatic backflip when he realized he had struck gold in the 62-kg competition. The 1.6-m Chinese athlete, who wistfully lists his hobby in the Chinese sports-delegation handbook as "food"?he had to shed 4 kg in four days to make the qualifying weight in Athens?later apologized for what he modestly considers his underwhelming physique. "I think my muscles are kind of small," says Shi, his compact body rippling...
...they would become, fairly or not, a symbol of American hubris.) Would Swedish drama queen/heptathlete Carolina Klüft score as highly in the seven elements of her event as she did with swooning the crowd? (Yes. She won gold.) But first, another Greek tragedy. Bronze-winning weight lifter Leonidas Sampanis, the country's first Athens medalist, tested positive for too much testosterone. That might not sound like such a bad thing to many guys. But it made him the latest national hero-turned-goat. In the swimming pool, at least, all was well. South Africa stormed to an upset...
...years ago, "talent-selection officers" spotted Xu Jiamin, the now-12-year-old daughter of Guangdong farmers, and recruited her for her long legs, short torso and large hands?ideal attributes for a weight lifter. Xu had never heard of weight lifting when the scouts approached her, and she says her parents weren't sure a career lifting barbells was what they wanted for their little girl. But the officers impressed upon them that weight lifting could be Xu's ticket out of rural poverty. Besides, with Beijing 2008 coming up, Xu might one day represent her nation on home...
...Sony's 60-in. LCD Grand WEGA is $4,000. By comparison, a 50-in. plasma set, while handsome and sleek, will run you $15,000. And rear-projection TVs have significantly slimmed down their rears, compared with older models, so you don't need a weight lifter to lug one into your...
...power-lifter getting fat,” he said. “You could buy these from a supplier over the Internet. I did and I totally fell in love...