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Peruvians in Today’s Olympics: Wrestler Sixto Barrera Wants to Win Medal for Peru, Self & God (Not Necessarily in that Order)

August 12th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Sports

Andina news agency reports that Peru’s wrestler Sixto Barrera debuts today at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling, 74 kg., at 6:30 p.m. Beijing time (9:40 p.m. Perú time or 10:40 p.m. U.S. eastern time, notes blogger Peruanista). The 24-year-old Peruvian wrestler is counting on God’s grace, he says, to give him the [...]

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