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Records of Weightlifting Events Date Back to the Egyptians and Ancient Greece

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Ancient Sanctuary In Greece Where the Olympic Games Were Started in 776 B.C.

Theodora Siarkou, the actress acting as a high priestess holds the torch with the Olympic flame lit using the rays of the sun in the ancient sanctuary where the Olympic Games were started in 776 B.C.

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Records of weightlifting events date back to the Egyptians and Ancient Greece

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