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Tevita Ngalu Sacrifice for a Teammate

June 13, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Man, there was a lot of drama at the Oceania Weightlifting Championships in Samoa.

In complete contrast to the despicable Daniel Koum story, this story will restore your faith in humanity.

In order for his New Zealand teammate, Richard Patterson, to earn a spot for the Olympics Tevita Ngalu sacrificed himself and lifted with a torn left quad muscle.

Full story here.

Update: The CrossFit Journal has a free article about the story (Patterson is a CF affiliate owner).

via the Australian Weightlifting Federation Facebook Page (LIKE it!)

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Comments

  1. Saski311 says

    June 25, 2012 at 14:33

    Yeah!!
     

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