How this 72-year-old weightlifter is lifting expectations

In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a 60-year-old grandmother from Fairfax, Virginia, developed a love for weightlifting and garnered up to 12 world records in her age and weight categories. Now 72, Linda Leightley can deadlift 273 pounds and is breaking preconceptions about the limitations of age and gender.

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How this 72-year-old weightlifter is lifting expectations

In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a 60-year-old grandmother from Fairfax, Virginia, developed a love for weightlifting and garnered up to 12 world records in her age and weight categories. Now 72, Linda Leightley can deadlift 273 pounds and is breaking preconceptions about the limitations of age and gender.

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How this 72-year-old weightlifter is lifting expectations

How this 72-year-old weightlifter is lifting expectations

by PBS NewsHour

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How this 72-year-old weightlifter is lifting expectations

How this 72-year-old weightlifter is lifting expectations

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Overview

In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a 60-year-old grandmother from Fairfax, Virginia, developed a love for weightlifting and garnered up to 12 world records in her age and weight categories. Now 72, Linda Leightley can deadlift 273 pounds and is breaking preconceptions about the limitations of age and gender.


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BN ID: 2940169431728
Publisher: NewsHour Productions
Publication date: 09/18/2017
Edition description: Unabridged
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