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Highlights of the weightlifting events at the Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games as the USA's Tommy Kono wins his third successive Olympic weightlifting gold medal.
From asthma as a child, Thomas Tamio Kono or simply, Tommy Kono was a versatile weightlifter. During his Olympic career, he won three Olympic medals in three different weight categories in consecutive editions of the Games, starting at Helsinki 1952.
In the Finnish capital, the American lifted a total 362.5 kg, 12.5 kilos more than Soviet Yevgeni Lopatin and Australian Verdi Barberis who both lifted 350 kg, taking the silver and bronze medal respectively.
Find more about Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games: www.olympic.org/helsinki-1952-...
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30 июн 2013
