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2 Ukrainian weightlifters withdraw from Olympics

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Aug. 5, 2012, 5:40 p.m. | Sports — by Associated Press

Belarus' Aliaksandr Makaranka competes during the men's 94-kg weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, in London.
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 LONDON (AP) — Two Ukrainian super heavyweights have joined the swelling ranks of weightlifters dropping out at the London Olympics.

Ukraine`s Olympic Committee says Svetlana Cherniavska has not recovered from an injury she received a month ago and cannot compete in the women's plus-75 kilogram competition Sunday.

It also says men's super heavyweight Artem Udachyn was injured in training and won't take part in the plus-105 kilogram competition on Tuesday.

Other dropouts from the weightlifting competition include Ukrainian Artem Ivanov and Russians Dmitry Klokov, Khadzhimurat Akkaev and Oxana Slivenko.

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