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Re: Happy Birthday Smitty *LINK* *PIC*

Posted By: Les Kernodle (adsl-21-219-220.mem.bellsouth.net)
Date: Sunday, April 13, 2008, @ 9:34 p.m.

In Response To: Happy Birthday Smitty (Lee James)

nice to have comments form our 1976 Silver medalist ! I recall seeing you in Atlanta at a DIXIE OPEN in late 73 just before you "burst" onto the national sceen , very impressive.
Back to Smitty , as a fan of the photos published in mags over the years the one thing that came thru in most of the pics was his empathy for the lift , like he was going thru it with the lifter and got as much pleasure for the success as you did ...
I have several examples of this (sharing joy of success, giving a last minute wor, watching anioxiously at the end of the lift, etc...) but a great example is this photo from the 76 olympics (I think of your 363 snatch) though the photo scanned quality is poor ... check out his sheer joy when you nailed the pottom position, he knew you had it ....thats one happy dude.

CHeck out my Vids & Favorites of others

Messages In This Thread

• Happy Birthday Smitty
  Lee James (e-n-out-dsg02.nationwide.com) -- Sunday, April 13, 2008, @ 2:41 p.m.
  • Re: Happy Birthday Smitty *LINK* *PIC*
    Les Kernodle (adsl-21-219-220.mem.bellsouth.net) -- Sunday, April 13, 2008, @ 9:34 p.m.
    • Re: Happy Birthday Smitty
      Lee James (e-n-out-dsg03.nationwide.com) -- Monday, April 14, 2008, @ 5:32 a.m.
      • Re: Happy Birthday Smitty
        Donnie Warner (pool-72-95-12-254.hrbgpa.east.verizon.net) -- Tuesday, April 15, 2008, @ 4:16 a.m.
  • Re: Happy Birthday Smitty
    John T. Thrush (cache-ntc-aa08.proxy.aol.com) -- Tuesday, April 15, 2008, @ 9:20 a.m.