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...though I live in Thailand and am covering the Olympics, I admit I had to Google her name to identify her as the woman on the plane. (I also had to Google another Thai weightlifter, but that was because I was not entirely sure of the spelling of Prapawadee Charoenrattanatharakul, whose surname is also written Jaroenrattanatarakoon). The history of Thai women's weightlifting is short but impressive. The kingdom's first-ever female gold medalist was a weightlifter at the Sydney Games in 2000. In Athens, the female squad won two more golds. China, which dominates weightlifting, will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just Your Average Olympian | 8/5/2008 | See Source »

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