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Kendrick Farris posts second career top 10 finish in Olympic weightlifting competition
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Chad Bonham
Kendrick Farris didn’t score quite high enough to earn a spot on the medal podium, but that didn’t stop the Shreveport, La., weightlifter from enjoying his second career top 10 finish at the Olympics. In Bejing, Farris placed seventh. In London, he took 10th and narrowly missed out on breaking his own American record. Read…
The Inspiring Athletes 2012 Summer Olympics Preview
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Chad Bonham
If you’re an Olympics junkie like me, you’ll probably be spending the next 17 days (July 27 – August 12) watching wall-to-wall coverage from London on NBC and its various affiliate cable outlets. And while there’s plenty of opportunity to root for the athletes in the red, white and blue, there are also a number…
A conversation with U.S. Olympian Kendrick Farris
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Chad Bonham
Like most Olympians, Kendrick Farris had an epiphany—that moment in time when it all clicks and dreams come into crystal clear focus. But for Farris, it wasn’t while training in the gym, lifting in a competition or getting a pep talk from a coach. No, the Olympic weightlifter caught a glimpse of his future while…
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