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REUTERS/Edgard Garrido Georgia’s Lasha Talakhadze won his second Olympic gold medal in the super heavyweight category on the last day of the weightlifting competition at the Tokyo International ...
CHIBA, Tokyo, Aug 2 -- Cuba's Mijain Lopez signed off from his fifth Olympics with a record fourth gold medal after winning the Greco-Roman super heavyweight final on Monday, minutes after compatriot ...
This was the first Olympic medal for both super heavyweights ... This win marked Cuba’s fourth gold medal in men’s boxing after dominating the welterweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions ...
Highlights from the Session 24 of Men's +109kg Group A and Victory Ceremony at the Tokyo International Forum ...
George Foreman, a two-time heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist in the ring and an ordained Christian minister and successful entrepreneur out of the squared circle, has died at ...
Two weightlifting events are contested ... finish top the medal standings with five gold medals. Light heavyweight bronze medallist Ibragim Samadov is disqualified after he throws his medal ...
Foreman won two heavyweight championships, fought Muhammad Ali in the 'Rumble in the Jungle' and captured gold in the 1968 ...
Born Jan. 10, 1949 in Marshall, Texas, taking up amateur boxing in 1967 before winning an gold medal in the heavyweight division the following year at the Summer Olympics. After going professional ...
George Foreman, the two-time world heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist whose legendary rivalry with ... “I proudly walked down Lyons Avenue in the Fifth Ward [in Houston] wearing my ...
Two weightlifting events are contested ... finish top the medal standings with five gold medals. Light heavyweight bronze medallist Ibragim Samadov is disqualified after he throws his medal ...
He first gained national attention by winning a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, representing the U.S. in the heavyweight division.