There are 61 athletes in the five women’s weightlifting classes at the Paris Olympics. Mary Theisen-Lappen is the oldest one. At 33, Theisen-Lappen doesn’t have the orthodox background of a lifter who ...
The girls, Yeganeh Bandeh Khodo and Aysan Adib, became the first female weightlifters to appear on television in Iran, where the Fajr Cup was broadcast live on the state-owned Channel 3. They showed ...