Madias Ngake’s real-life movie script ends with weightlifting silver after sleeping rough
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Ngake left Cameroon due to homosexuality laws She fled from London 2012 village and slept on streets First Madias Ngake lifted the weight of an upright piano to her shoulders. Then, with another staggering act of power and defiance, she sent a 128kg barbell high above her head. And, just like that, the 34-year-old Team
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Ngake left Cameroon due to homosexuality laws She fled from London 2012 village and slept on streets First Madias Ngake lifted the weight of an upright piano to her shoulders.
Then, with another staggering act of power and defiance, she sent a 128kg barbell high above her head. And, just like that, the 34-year-old Team England weightlifter had won a silver medal and written one of the most remarkable stories of these Games.
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