Gold medalist Matthias Steiner of Germany poses with a picture of his late wife Susann during the medal ceremony for the men's +105 kg weightlifting event.
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This is an event that is almost unbearably emotional, in which contestants cram years of intensity into a brief, hour-long drama. And Matthias Steiner, of Germany, played out the great drama of his life yesterday, seizing an opportunity to lift the world above his head and then to sob his heart out for his dead wife, Susann, standing on the stage with her picture in one hand and his gold medal in the other.
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In 2004,[8] a German woman from Zwickau in Saxony had watched Steiner participating in weightlifting contests on TV.[9] She kept asking the Eurosport commentators for his email address, until they gave it to her. She contacted Steiner, and he agreed to meet her in Lower Austria.[8] They married shortly thereafter and hence he moved to Germany, where he then applied for German citizenship. During the three years this took, he was not allowed to compete in international competitions. At the 2007 European Championships he was co-commentator with Marc Huster for Eurosport.[10] Since moving to Germany he competes for the Chemnitzer AC weightlifting club,[1] and is their team captain in the German weightlifting league.[11] Steiner trains in the German Federal Weightlifting Center in Leimen near Heidelberg, with German national coach Frank Mantek.[12]
On July 16 2007 his wife Susann died in a car accident.[12] Despite the tragic loss, and after losing seven[8] or eight[12] kg body weight, he was able to continue his training. He received German citizenship in early 2008,[1] and started to compete internationally again, for Germany. On January 23, he won the Beijing Pre-Olympic Tournament with a total of 423 kg.[13]
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