From:  "Scorpio" <scorpio@ath.nospam.gr>
Date:  23 Aug 2004 05:22:11 Hong Kong Time
Newsgroup:  news.alt119.net/rec.running
Subject:  

Re: how come greeks suck athletically?

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"Europa Europa"  wrote in message
news:415203a2.346234292@news.individual.de...
>
> "Scorpio"  wrote:
>
> >> Their
> >> weightlifter cheated on drugs. Their other guy Dimas only gets a
> >> bronze.
> >
> >You idiot, Dimas is the only weightlifter in HISTORY to win Olympic
medals
> >in 4 consequtive Olympics (three consecutive gold and a bronze
yesterday).
>
> Not true. Nikolay Pechalov of Bulgaria/Crotia did it as well (bronze '92,
> silver '96, gold '00 and silver again last Wednesday).
>
>
Oops. I knew that Dimas was going to be the first one in history to do it in
these Olympics but didn't consider that there might have been others that
during the same Olympics could reach that as well. I an case, I was wrong
but the whole point of my post was something else anyway.

Scorpio