Weight-lifter dropped
(y.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) MELBOURNE. R. Rigby, the Australian ! Commonwealth Games, champion weight-lifter, has been ' dropped from the team for the 1974 Games in Christchurch. ! He will represent his country in the shot put instead. Rigby, a super-heavy weight, won the shot and was in the athletics team announced on Monday. His earlier selection in the weightlifting contained the proviso that he not seek ; selection in the athletics team. He has been replaced by a ! middle heavy-weight, S.i j Wyatt. !
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33370, 31 October 1973, Page 32
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