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WROCLAW: A prelude to the 2013 Worlds…

Posted on October 17, 2013 by David Boffa

“Kwiat bez zapachu, jak człowiek bez duszy” (Traditional Polish proverb; loose translation: “A flower without a smell is like a World Championships without a Klokov.”) After a hellish drive through the nightmare of traffic that perpetually surrounds the city of … Continue reading →

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Hyphen-mania: the 2012 Canadian Weightlifting Championships

Posted on June 4, 2012 by David Boffa

The first hour or two in French Canada is always a bit disorienting for me. It takes a few encounters with the locals to fully acclimate myself to the notion that these people really speak French rather than English. There … Continue reading →

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