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Gentz Building Legacy All Her Own
Ashley Gentz is no longer the little sister on the Nature Coast girls weightlifting team. These days, she’s leaving her own mark as one of the Lady Sharks’ top lifters. On Wednesday at the county meet...
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Stunning Underwater Photos Show A Model Pumping Iron And Doing Aerobics At...
The aqua aerobics class at your local swimming pool just won’t cut it once you see these spectacular workout photographs captured underwater. Photographer Jessica Ann Keolaonalani Bacerra snapped model...
View ArticleWinter Haven Lifter Dedicates Season To Former Coach
Greta Galarza teared up when she began talking about her former weightlifting trainer, Luis Arenas, who died from a heart attack in 2014, and she has dedicated this season to his memory. “(Arenas) saw...
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For Powerlifter Jala Beer, It’s The Sport, Not The Glory
Jala Beer has two sons in Hudson Middle School, works 10-hour shifts at Aldi grocery some days and weighs in at a mere 117 pounds — so she’s not a stereotypical powerlifting champion who can conquer...
View ArticleWomen Bodybuilders Sculpting Beautiful Bodies
Bodybuilding is usually synonymous with men, but an increasing number of Malaysian women want to have bodies that are beautiful too. Female bodybuilding practitioner Nana Al-Haleq, 29, said a lack of...
View ArticleI Am Ready For 2016 Olympics – Adekuoroye
The Commonwealth gold medalist, who is back in Nigeria after competing at the Indian Professional Wrestling League, said winning Gold with her team, Revanta Garuda and emerging the best wrestler has...
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Short In Height But Tall In Success: Disabled Emirati Sisters Show The Way
Two young Emirati women from Fujairah have shown great courage in overcoming their birth disability of short stature to become champion weight lifters, according to a report in the Arabic daily...
View ArticleBell Of The Ball
World champion in two different sports in a single year is even better. Sherwood Park resident Misty Shearer, 46, really couldn’t have asked for a better 2015 sporting season. The part-time paramedic...
View Article21-Year-Old Woman Wrestler Pins Male Fighter Within A Minute
A 21- year- old woman wrestler first threw an open challenge to male counterparts at a wrestling competition in Madhya Pradesh’s Mhow and then went on to defeat a male challenger within a minute into...
View ArticleVirginia Beach 12-Year-Old Muay Thai National Champion
Virginia Beach, Va. – Summer Bronco is a 12-year-old dominating the world of martial arts. The four-time National Muay Thai champion from Virginia Beach is working toward a World Title, if she could...
View ArticleIn Memory Of Kanesatake Karate Champion Brenda Gabriel
Kanesatake’s Brenda Gabriel died Friday afternoon after a tumultuous four-year battle with leukemia. The mother of two began practicing karate in her late thirties and won two gold medals for Canada at...
View ArticleWeightlifting Champion Zoe Smith Is ‘Completely Focused’ For 2016 Olympic Games
Commonwealth gold medalist Zoe Smith says she is “completely focused” as she prepares to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The weightlifter, 21, went to school in Bexleyheath and...
View ArticleBettina Silye WBPF World Champion Behind The Scenes Photoshoot
A behind the scenes look at Zoltan Vegh Photography’s photoshoot with WBPF World Champion Physique Athlete, Bettina Silye.
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Australia’s Only Female Para-Powerlifter To Miss Rio Games
Jessica Gray has multiple sclerosis (MS). Her condition means she has to balance training with long periods of rest, and several months in the year her health deteriorate to a point that she requires a...
View ArticleDon’t Be Afraid To Be Strong
Since the beginning of time humans have participated in sport in some form or another. Hunters and gatherers played archery and combat games. The first Olympics included footraces, throwing events, and...
View ArticleDancer Turned Powerlifter
As the adage goes, don’t judge a book by its cover. Each chapter in Linda Nguyen’s life may take you — and even herself — by surprise. She’s a personal trainer, former contemporary dancer, business...
View ArticleJenny Arthur Is First U.S. Weightlifter To Qualify For Rio Olympics
Weightlifter Jenny Arthur expected to see the same colored weight plates, wooden platforms and bowls of chalk she sees every day when she walked into the weightlifting gym Tuesday afternoon at the U.S....
View ArticleBay High’s Wrestling Program Makes History By Having Females On The Roster
“It’s a work in progress, I’ll say it like that. Everybody is doing their best to make it a work in progress.” The work in progress Donald Gabreski is talking about is including females on Bay High...
View ArticleMartin Leads Lady Tigers In Powerlifting Meet
Audree Martin paced the Troup girls powerlifting team at the Lindale powerlifting meet Saturday Jan. 9. Martin finished in second place in the 148-pound weight class. She finished with 225 pounds in...
View ArticlePowerlifters Win Gold For Australia Team
Two powerlifters from the Holroyd area enjoyed a successful campaign representing Australia at the Asia Oceania Championships, which were held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in December. Maer Jimenez and...
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