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Golden double for Gisborne man at world armwrestling champs

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Gold medals hang from the bulging biceps of John Leach after winning his masters weight division for the right and left arms at the world armwrestling champs in Kuala Lumpur. Picture by Liam Clayton

A Gisborne man has gone from down and out to the top of the world in the sport of armwrestling.

John Leach, 42,  won two gold medals at the Fourth International Federation of Armwrestling World Championships in Kuala Lumpur.

A forestry technician at Muriwai company Rātā Forest Management, Leach won the masters 105-kilograms-plus titles in both the right and left-arm categories.

He domina...

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