Thailand won a gold medal!" I came running out of my cubicle and did my celebratory dance in the hallway at the office when I learned that Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakon brought Thailand the first 2008 Olympic gold. My coworker David hollered from his office, "What sports?" "Womens weightlifting. Yes! Woohoo!" "Women?" "Yes, Dave." "Are you kidding?" I got Dave out of his office and proceeded to show him the stats. Prapawadee lifted 221 kilograms (486.2 pounds). "How big is this lady?" "53 kilo. Thats 117 lbs." "Are you kidding me? Shes...tiny!" "Oh, Dave, honey. And I haven told you what us girls did in Athens." 2 gold and 3 bronzes in weightlifting, plus a bronze in Taekwondo. While the boys brought back one of each medal all in boxing. In Beijing, the ladies are taking home one
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