Titan Games: The Lifters
by Randall J. Strossen, IronMind Enterprises, Inc. © 2003
The weightlifters scheduled to compete in the Titan Games have just been announced, as top American lifters compete against an international field in an exciting multi-sport event.
Jody Wilhite, Carissa Gordon, Danica Rue, Cheryl Haworth, Oscar Chaplin III, Robert Murphy, Pete Kelley and Shane Hamman will represent the US. International lifters scheduled to compete are: Julio Luna (Venezuela); Carmenza Delgado and Eryln Mena (Columbia); Boris Burov and Alexandra Escobar (Ecuador); Ernesto Quiroga Aldama (Cuba); Aniko Ajkai, Sandor Dioszegi, Henrietta Raki, Gyorgy Ehrlich, Serenc Gyurkovics, Viktoria Varga and Viktor Vatai from Hungary.
The Titan Games, which are hosted by the US Olympic Committee, will feature boxing, fencing, judo, karate, the shot put, taekwondo and wrestling, as well as weightlifting, and will be held in the Event Center at San Jose State University, in San Jose, California, February 13th though the 15th, with weightlifting on the 14th and the 15th. Four events will run simultaneously, so there should be no dull moments at the first ever Titan Games.