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 (Times Online) Zoe Smith is 14 years old, weighs 126 pounds, and has set a new British weightlifting record of 378 pounds.
14-Year Old Brit Sets Weightlifting Records, Eyes 2012 Olympics
JANUARY 06, 2009David Johnson, Citizen JournalistZoe Smith is 14 years old, weighs 126 pounds, and has set a new British weightlifting record of 378 pounds. Smith is from southeast London and is already Britain’s strongest girl. She has also broken almost every national record there is, and she was recently named Athlete of the Year in her sport by the British Olympic Association.Smith set 98 British records last year and won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Poona, India in October.Smith was not old enough to compete in the recent Olympics in Beijing, where the age requirement for Olympic weightlifting is 16, but she already has her eyes and her heart set on competing in the London 2012 games.For more on this story, visit this link: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/london_2012/article5454403.ece
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