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

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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