Weightlifter shows strength in face of adversity

Triumph through adversity ... Vannara Be has risen from grape farming to gold medal-hunting. (Getty Images)

October 1, 2010
By Jano Gibson in Delhi
ABC Grandstand Sport (Australia)

As a little boy, Vannara Be grew up hearing about the torture inflicted on his relatives by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.

Two of his father's siblings were murdered, his grandmother lost an eye and his father was left with severe psychological mental scars.

But almost 30 years since that reign of terror, 22-year-old Be has become the first Cambodian-born competitor to represent Australia at the Commonwealth Games.
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