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Pick of the day Get a taste of the exhilarating world of weightlifting during Dimas’ seminar in seeing athletes from poor coun- Check out Burn Room gym’s tries succeed in Olympics because Facebook Page weightlifting is a tough sport. It is not something anyone can do.” Both former lifters agreed that By Amna Al Haddad putting a team together is not dif- ficult. The hard part is keeping it ne of the greatest ever together. “Thankfully, there are a Olympians is coming to number of up-and-coming athletes ODubai to host a seminar for in Dubai who clearly have a passion athletes interested in the sport of for the sport,” said Tsoulia. weightlifting. Dimas hopes he is able to shed Pyrros Dimas, a retired Greek some light on the sport and inspire weightlifter and currently the the next generation of lifters. president of the Greek Olympic “I know that the UAE has a Federation, took the sport by storm national team and I also had the after he migrated to Greece from chance to see the young Emirati Albania in 1991. He won gold med- weightlifter (Khadija Mohammed) als at three consecutive Olympics; Show your skills: Dimas’ seminar will be followed by a competition the next day. at the London Olympics. Barcelona in 1992, Atlanta in 1996 “I want to give my knowledge and Sydney in 2000 along with a ing is in the UAE. We all know that On the second day, athletes will and do my best for Dubai so in the bronze – despite a knee injury – in Dubai is one of the cities that wants get a taste of real competition. future I don’t feel surprised when Athens in 2004. to host the Olympic Games, so I “The athletes will compete as in I see athletes from the UAE at the And now he will pass on his believe that people need to see and normal meets in terms of weight Olympic games.” knowledge to budding weightlifters learn how fascinating and difficult categories – a weigh-in before the The seminar room has a capacity during the seminar, which will be it is to be an Olympic lifter.” competition and then a medals of 20 so you better hurry up. The held at the Burn Room gym on Dimas was invited by former ceremony. I think it will be very competition, though, will be open August 21 from 18:00. There will Greek weightlifter Natalia Tsoulia, interesting,” said Tsoulia. to all and prices for it will be also be a competition round the who lives in Dubai, and earlier The challenges that the sport of announced soon. next day at 10:00. trained with the legend during her weightlifting faces globally make “The fact that I was invited to competitive career. meets like this crucial. What: Greece’s ex-weightlifting Dubai makes me very happy,” said The seminar will be conducted “I strongly believe that the great- champion Pyrros Dimas’ seminar Dimas, also a three-time world in two stages, Tsoulia revealed. The est problem is that every single When: August 21 from 18:00 champion. “It was something that first day will focus on the competi- sport has to fight against football, Where: Burn Room, Intercoil I really want to do because I have tion lifts: snatch and the clean and and the more well Building, Dubai a feeling that it will be something jerk; how competitions are con- known sports,” said Dimas. Cost: Dh700, seminar room has a different. I really want to see how ducted; nutrition and dealing with “Lifting is not considered a capacity of 20 individuals.

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