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Germany’s Matthias Steiner won Olympic weightlifting gold at the 2008 Beijing summer games, but just a year previously he almost quit the sport completely. The German had a very different reason to most athletes for the emotional outpour that Olympic victory sparks.
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loved his wife so much but met a new one 1 year later and married her 2 years alter? kinda weird for being so attach to her…. it went qutie fast
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That's the difference between a normal athelete and a champion those 10-20 seconds decides ur fate
But babies seks is voor altijd
Nu hebt u niemand meer
Moet jij nog iemand
Ont cher vv..
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Wij verdwijnen naar het volgens leven
Later her wife was dead and her Wife is a beautiful ghost
What's the animation movie name ?
Şahan Gökbakar a ne kadarda benziyor
Lesson learn: A living wife will never let you achieve your dreams
He promise to hes wife he gonna win gold medal🥇
Till that day, there was not two, but four hands ❤
Deine Frau hat dir das zugeschaut und weiss ganz genau was du geschafft hast und sie wird stolz sein 🥹
Those who know can confirm that a tragic loss gives you endless motivation and nearly superhuman powers. It pushes you to the limit…
Mathias, eine Nachricht von mir: Du bist der Beste! Ich konduliere dir von ganzem Herzen. Machs gut! ❤️
I have to cry everytime when i watch it 😢
Still has me everytime i watch it. I remember watching it back then. You won all our hearts!
Ne derinden sevmiş be kardeşim
his wife will always be by his side!
This is so sweet I if you don’t know the storie he promised his dead wife that died in a car accident that he will win the Olympics metal😊
His wife in heaven must be happy 😢❤😊🙏💕😇
Crazy how your life's lowest and highest points can be so close to one another and so emotionally linked. An amazing story, an amazing athlete.
Deep
I’m literally just now realizing he’s the one talking lol.
Ein unfassbar beeindruckender Mensch!