Matthias Steiner Shares his Emotional Beijing 2008 Weightlifting Gold | Olympic Rewind

Germany's Matthias Steiner won Olympic weightlifting gold at the 2008 Beijing summer games, but just a year previously he almost quit the sport completely. The German had a very different reason to most athletes for the emotional outpour that Olympic victory sparks.

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