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DOZENS OF WORLD CLASS ATHLETIC VEGANS SUPPORT ME IN EMAIL
On Oct 12, 6:49*pm, Rupert > wrote:
> On Oct 12, 6:10*pm, George Plimpton > wrote:
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> > On 10/12/2012 7:48 AM, Rupert wrote:
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> > > On Oct 12, 4:17 pm, "The Undead Edward M. Kennedy" > wrote:
> > >> None of them, unfortunately, will actually admit to their existence on
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> > >> --Tedward
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> > > It would be very easy for you to verify the existence of many world-
> > > class vegan athletes if you wished to. Google is your friend.
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> > Ha ha ha ha ha! *It would be very easy for *you* simply to list the
> > names of 50-100 of them, if there really were "quite a few" such who are
> > *currently* "world-class" athletes who are also "vegan". *I *did*
> > attempt to Google such a list, and as I already posted, a) most of them
> > are not "vegan" but rather some degree of vegetarian, and b) most of
> > them weren't even vegetarian during their years as active "world-class"
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> > Your claim is bullshit.
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> http://kaleuniversity.org/3888-famou...n-bodybuilders
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> "Dave Scott (six-time winner
> of Hawaii's Ironman Triathlon), Sixto Linares (world record
> holder for the 24-hour triathlon), Edwin Moses (400 meter hurdler
> undefeated in international competition for eight straight years),
> Paavo Nurmi (twenty world records and nine Olympic medals),
> Andreas Cahling (1980 Mr. International title in body building), and
> Ridgely Abele (U.S. Karate Association World Champion)." But
> admittedly I'm not sure how many of these are vegan. They are
> vegetarian.
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> You're just quibbling. You know that there have been plenty of world-
> class vegan athletes. I've certainly named at least two.
http://www.adaptt.org/athletes.html
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