62-year-old Idaho weightlifter breaks world record

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOkay, the one we teased: Michelle Galloway, a sixty-two-year-old YMCA instructor from Meridian, Idaho, just reclaimed the Masters world record in the snatch.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe lifted one hundred twenty-one pounds at the World Masters Weightlifting Championships in Athens, Greece, and won her division.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA hundred and twenty-one pounds, over her head, in Athens! This is what I mean when I say age is just a number that lifts.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHers was a hundred and twenty-one. Mine is a bag of shopping and a sulk.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe opened at forty-eight kilograms, went to fifty-one, then tried fifty-five. She says her coach told her to put fifty-five on the bar.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd she lifted it and got the record back. Her words.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorBack. So somebody had it and took it off her. I'd like a name.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe won her division at the World Masters Weightlifting Championships.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt does say she struggled with her health for years, then found the Highland Games and a kettlebell class in Boise.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThen at sixty she looked up the records for her age group and decided they were within reach. She went from a kettlebell class to competing on the world stage.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI looked up the records for my age group once. Nobody should do that.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorKTVB has her saying, "I'm a strong old grandma." The record agrees.