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Ingrid Marcum: USA Weightlifting meets American Bobsled team
A stunning gift to those who thrill at the idea of mountains of weight moving overhead real fast, Arnold Classic promoter, Jim Lorimer, and IronMind’s Randy Strossen teamed up this year to bring in the 2008 Olympic gold medalist, Matthias Steiner, from Germany, along with his weightlifting team for an exhibition showcase on the main stage in the expo hall at the Arnold this weekend, Saturday, March 7 at 1pm.
Ingrid Marcum, our inspiring friend from the forum, has been invited to participate in the exhibition, so after a very short break home following her bobsled season travel, which spanned non-stop from September thru February, Ingrid treks to Columbus this weekend to join the showcase.
Ingrid’s an amazing athlete, skilled in multiple sports, and a great inspiration to those of us in the IronOnline forum, and especially those who were around in the beginning email discussion days as we watched Ingrid battle back from a career-ending back injury to where she is today, striving toward the 2010 Olympic bobsled team and competing at Olympic level in both weightlifting and bobsled. She’s our summer and winter gal.
Here’s Ingrid in action getting the weight overhead: Clean and jerk, 220.5 pounds
You can befriend Ingrid on Facebook here, and catch up on her competitive travels here at her blog.
Via Mike Robertson’s blog this morning, for those interested in more on Olympic lifting, here’s an outstanding set of youtube weightlifting videos—enough to keep you busy through the weekend.