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The Brave Hearts
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His arm from shoulder to elbow measured 18 in. His right hand was very strong. Even a simple handshake, if anyone dared to have it, would throw the other man out of gear. But in his blue American uniform, no one could see his suspended left arm which was about twothirds the size of his right
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His left arm had received fractures thirteen Harold Connolly preparing for times in his childhood. It was the hammer throw never normal, as if it had suffered a paralytic bout. An ordinary person would become nervous and would lose confidence permanently there after. He could not use the hand for anything, much less for lifting a weight. But Harold Connolly would do just the opposite. He started undergoing various kinds of exercises with his left hand, including lifting weights. He worked hard to make the hand strong. Many times he would suffer fractures for instance, once when he tried to lift 125 Lb. of weight, his hand gave way like a match stick. But as soon as it became normal, Connolly started the exercises afresh. Thus this man of guts created unimaginable strength from his left hand. He set world records three times in the hammer-throw. He also won a gold medal in that event in the 1956 Olympic meet.
Connolly was operated upon for hernia and as soon as he was discharged from the hospital, he started practising again. At that time his left shoulder was under severe pain. Every time he would throw the hammer, the bone of his shoulder
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