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An extract from the online news article from: http://www.smh.com.au/news/weightlifting/grieving-steiner-wins-strongest-man-tag/2008/08/20/1218911797232.html German weightlifter Matthias Steiner won the super-heavyweight gold and held up a picture of his late wife Susann, choking back tears over the promise he made to her that he would keep their Olympic dream. "She is always with me, in the hours before the competition, she's there," said Steiner, who made the pledge to Susann at her bedside in hospital while she lay dying after a car crash in July 2007. "I'm not the superstitious type, don't believe in higher powers, but I hope she saw me. I wish," said the 25-year-old. Steiner, who won with a total of 461kg, claimed the title of strongest man in the world with a last-ditch lunge for gold, lifting just one kilo more than Russia's Evgeny Chigishev. He snatched 203kg, a weight far below his closest competitors, but raised his weights dramatically for his final lift in the clean and jerk and hoisted up 258kg. "I managed to lift it because I had this strong, innermost urge," said Steiner.
xZb to hong: no, i didn't mean that. what i meant was that those medalists like Phelps are getting more attention and glamour than they should, we should give more attention to people like the amputee olympic swimmer, Natalie du Toit, and the germany weightlifter, Matthias Steiner. There are more touching stories behind these olympic participants than Phelps and Bolt which the media has neglected. I think people should know more about these stories because these are the best displays of true Olympism. Olympism is not just about winning medals...
Natalie du Toit in the swimming marathon in Beijing Olympics
Matthias Steiner and his wife and their gold medal in the Beijing Olympics