Weightlifting - Strong is beautiful for Tokyo hopeful Davies


FILE PHOTO: Weightlifting - Sarah Davies reacts in the women's 69kg final at the 2018 Commonwealth Games - Carrara Sports Arena 1 - Gold Coast, Australia - April 8, 2018.. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Sarah Davies put weightlifting down as a special talent when she entered her first beauty contest, the then-student egged on by regular drinkers in the Leeds pub where she worked behind the bar.

She won, and ever since the former Miss Leeds and Miss Intercontinental England has combined her twin passions while challenging stereotypes in both.

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