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History in Color: March 15, 1963, Moscow, Russia, USSR – Soviet featherweight Eugene Katsura of Kazan, Russia performs a split-style snatch in the 60kg class at the 1963 Prize of Moscow International tournament in...
The time has come,’ the Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax — Of cabbages — and kings — Lewis Carroll, The Walrus and the Carpenter...
History in Color: USSR Training Hall, 1962 – Legends of the Soviet and World Olympic weightlifting, a 24-year old super heavyweight Leonid Zhabotinsky and a 32-year old bantamweight Vladimir Stogov are having a friendly...
Minusinsk, Russia – Legendary Soviet Olympic weightlifter, Olympic champion, Viktor Mazin died at the age of 67. Viktor Mazin won the 1980 Summer Olympics in the featherweight class and, at 26, earned the highest...
With 3 months left to the Olympic tournament in Mexico City, three outstanding pressers managed to set world records in the mid heavyweight (90kg class) . Part 1. June 3, 1968, Rattvik, Sweden –...
With 3 months left to the Olympic tournament in Mexico City, three outstanding pressers managed to set world records in the mid heavyweight (90kg class) . Part 1. June 3, 1968, Rattvik, Sweden –...
With 3 months left to the Olympic tournament in Mexico City, three outstanding pressers managed to set world records in the mid heavyweight (90kg class) . Part 1. June 3, 1968, Rattvik, Sweden –...
The lovely New Year has arrived to us here in subtropics of Florida. It’s January 1, 2022 in terms of time and 66 degrees in terms of temperature. From our gazebo to yours: Happy...
Remembering Olympic weightlifting legends, athletes, coaches, administrators and many more, that we lost in 2021. In Memoriam 2021 Andreas BEHM, East Germany 1962 – 2021 Toivo KURG, Soviet Union 1946 – 2021 Jorgen Ludvig BARTH-JORGENSEN, Norway 1932...
History in Color: Sverdlovsk, Russia, USSR, December, 1953 – 26-year old bantamweight Vladimir Vilkhovsky of Spartak Moscow wins the 56kg weight class for Team Moscow at the 1953 USSR Teams Championships in Sverdlovsk. Team...
Merry Christmas from subtropics of Florida! Wishing you nothing but the best this holiday season! Chidlovski sends cheers to all.
November 16, 2021 – Legendary U.S. weightlifter, Olympic champion and 2x Olympic vice champion, Isaac “Ike” Berger celebrated his 85th birth day. Isaac Berger is one of all-time greatest legends in the world of...
Eugene Katsura: 1963 Prize of Moscow
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