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Dec 2023
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The story of Olympic Gym Beirut with Bec...

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After world war 2 Khalil Abboud, in the army at the time, decides to teach Greco-Roman wrestling under a military tent. A fascination he would pass on to his son Bechara. In this episode we discover more the story of Olympic Gym and how a tent became later on an old school gym equipped mostly with machine and weights hand made in Lebanon. 

بعد الحرب العالمية الثانية، قرر خليل عبود، الذي كان في الجيش آنذاك، تدريس المصارعة اليونانية الرومانية تحت خيمة عسكرية. سحر سينقله إلى ابنه بشارة. في هذه الحلقة نكتشف المزيد عن قصة أولمبيك جيم وكيف أصبحت خيمة فيما بعد صالة ألعاب رياضية مدرسية قديمة مجهزة في معظمها بآلات وأوزان مصنوعة يدوياً في لبنان.

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