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Article: THE LIFT THAT'S WORTH ITS WEIGHT.(Sports)(For one Eugene woman, an event that's normally been reserved for men has a kind of `magic' power)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- June 5, 2005
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Byline: Bill Bishop The Register-Guard
Standing a lean 6 feet tall, 54-year-old Nadine Powell doesn't fit the mold of a weight lifter.
But the Eugene woman is a National Masters champion who set a personal record Saturday at a USA Weightlifting meet at the Casanova Athletic Center at the University of Oregon.
Powell is among a legion of women entering the sport for the side benefits: the physical conditioning, the mental challenge and the camaraderie in seeing friends reach goals.
"It's a lot of fun to do this together," she says. "After work, it's like you're a little kid again and you want to go out and play after dinner. We train ...
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Article: MY GIRL'S FACE WAS SHREDDED; Runaway car hits Nadine, 15.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);
August 28, 2001 ;
626 words
... ... of-control car as she sat on a park bench. Brunette Nadine Powell, 15, had 60 stitches and needed three hours of cosmetic ... friends in the park which is near her home. Her dad Graham Powell, 46, said yesterday: "She was just sitting on the ...
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