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Zhabotinsky dead

Soviet weightlifting great Leonid Zhabotinsky, who won two Olympic gold medals and set multiple world records, has died at the age of 77 following a long illness.

The Ukrainian Weightlifting Federation said Zhabotinsky died on Wednesday night. Federation’s general secretary Boris Lobko said that Zhabotinsky was ill for the past year and a half. Zhabotinsky won gold in the heavyweight category at the 1964 Tokyo and 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games.




 

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