JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================UK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?ۃ2YU#VEh>ЁYx֫A34O9$ω #O*ߺ<>6@00:~>"G^4JԑJ2UkF%gR;tMN]:+ )ۡ|? OX5  ;j#l'p?AUh=TiխaNT#b[t#0 Wx>EnWK6I.eҪIqfj*FjwQǝ+*5Zޣ='dV:OkվFV]О^~pWh޿NbTv4i)(~q[B5~L]Lذ>=3\OHYQ(^}sEGI᲋Z+eUl q3Wăh -[կgstQVA KV=c",7SE2)'t the goal."&nbsp; In addition to the gold medals, each time he won he broke the existing Olympic Record.&nbsp; Oerter won six national championships and set the World Record six times!</P> <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 the facility's technological advancements such as computers and high speed film. &nbsp;They could have film processed and back in as little as 10 minutes!&nbsp; But more importantly there were many other athletes there throwing discus.&nbsp; After his visit Oerter commented on the fa