JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================DK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?1X22C;h7F]=+Ʊ׻UtI0`&;p:{Kj? c4Kt\ǮH2s@ڜ3u9;WȻ zί`kVd9]ơ~ֽ|gls ytL~RĿ9m/嗃lZ+QGŻ修tv1s}?+I/p t" }zSdYN.mh RLƘ~iexlF;A63 ;UƬ\[MS{KDwmFȨ.X!Ts굄jE[w:9'KQp7)/% FG,@'zQ,1,h%2isѤ +XZeX9dxZi{98[W)"tmHd<W6^EٝV='SAiw`qIxN M'ESי^KK4Ц#ڭB <P>The Al Oerter story begins back in 1944 when at the age of eight he first discovered weights by repetitiously lifting various objects found in the basement.&nbsp; "I had fun with weights," recalled Oerter.&nbsp; </P> <P>At age twenty, one of Oerter's coaches told him not to lift weights while training for the Melbourne Olympics.&nbsp; But Oerter remarked "I lifted for the fun of it."&nbsp; His first real experience lifting was in a gym where, he recalls, "there was an 'eye of the tiger' atmosphere there and I really felt the energy flow."</P> <P>Later Oerter was invited to visit a training facility in the former East Germany.&nbsp; His initial impression of the building was it's physical deterioration.&nbsp; But once inside Oerter recalls seeing t