Matthias Steiner on his emotional Beijing 2008 Weightlifting Gold | Moments In Time

Germany's Matthias Steiner won Olympic weightlifting gold at the 2008 Beijing summer games, but just a year previously he almost quit the sport completely. The German had a very different reason to most athletes for the emotional outpour that Olympic victory sparks. Subtitles available via closed captions. Subscribe to the official Olympic channel here: http://bit.ly/1dn6AV5 Find more about the Olympic Games at http://www.olympic.org/olympic-games Follow your favourite athletes on the Olympic Athletes Hub: http://hub.olympic.org/ Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/olympics Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Olympics Instagram: http://instagram.com/olympics

Comments

1. Warum kommentieren alle in Englisch, wenn der Film auf Deutsch ist ? :D
2. I legitimately want to cry! :'(
3. Great
4. She was beautiful
5. touched
6. Just one or two seconds before he lift the weight up, for sure he had his wife in his mind..
7. Oha der arme...
8. lol was ne fette sau
9. bro im crying real tears over here
10. I thought I learnt German in High School and all I heard was “jetzt” , then wondered why I cried in the end (I think I understood every word he said, even after giving up to the subtitles).
11. He lost a lot of weight too
12. why is this pencil neck painter telling the story? where is the weightlifter?
13. I am proud of my country
14. Gänsehaut
15. Wer schneidet hier denn Zwiebeln?
16. Isn't there bad air pollution in that city?
17. One of the most emotional and inspirational stories I have ever heard of..
18. This inspires me to keep lifting weights and be like him one day.
19. Krass wiviel er abgenommen hat
20. Increíble, es una inspiración.