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Matthias Steiner in Austria

700 spectators at the Steiner appearance in Braunau! Television stations, such as RTL, ARD, ZDF, MDR, SWR, ORF were present when Matthias Steiner had his first competition after his Olympic victory on 19 August 2008 in Beijing on 5 September in the District Sports Hall in Braunau. The German team participated at the 16th Günter […]

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Laugaricio Cup in Trencin

Six countries: Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia, Austria, Latvia, Slovakia participate at Laugaricio Cup this weekend 4-6 September in Trencin (Slovakia). This year’s event of Laugaricio cup is already the 27th edition of this competition, organised in Sporthall Dukla Trencin, which is a sportcenter for various top sports

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Vyacheslav Klokov 50!

Member of Weightlifting Hall of Fame celebrates his 50th birtday on 2nd of September. Klokov became world champion in 1983 having won silver medals in the previous two years. He set up world records in snatch, in clean and jerk and total as well. IWF Technical Committee Member, EWF Vice President (1999-2003). Happy Birthday

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