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History in Color: March 4, 1972, Ulm, Germany – Lightweight Mladen Kuchev of Team Bulgaria performs a press lift in the 67.5kg weight class at the pre-Olympic international tournament in Ulm, Germany. Six months...
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: October 21, 1983 – Moscow, Russia – 16-year old Naim Suleymanov of Bulgaria sets a new world record (290kg in total) during the competition in the 56kg weight class at the...
History in Color: March 4, 1972, Ulm, Germany – U.S. middleweight Russ Knipp competes in the 75kg weight class at the pre-Olympic international tournament in Ulm, Germany. 2x U.S. Olympian Russ Knipp (1942-2006) of...
History in Color: August 6, 1971, Lubeck, Germany – Legend of Finnish weightlifting, Jaakko Kailajarvi of Tampere, Finland competes in the 90kg class at the 1971 Baltic Cup in Lubeck. Jaakko Kailajarvi (b. 1941)...
History in Color : July 27, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – 33-year old weightlifting super star of the Soviet Union, Grigory Novak performs a split style snatch in the 90kg weight class at the 1952...
History in Color: March 4, 1972, Ulm, Germany – Top 3 flyweight contenders receive their awards in the 52kg weight class at the pre-Olympic international tournament in Ulm, Germany (left to right): Mustar Mustafov...
History in Color: Leeds, England, 1971 – Frank Rothwell performs a 170kg clean-and-jerk and wins his 12th Yorkshire Championship in Leeds, England in 1971. Frank Rothwell (born in 1936) is an Olympian who competed...
History in Color: March 19, 1973, Tashkent, Uzbekistan – One of the most talented heavyweights of the early 1970s, Pavel Pervushin of Leningrad, Russia wins the 110kg weight class at the 1973 Friendship Cup...
History in Color: July 27, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – Heavyweight contenders receive their medals in the 90+kg weight class in the last day of the weightlifting tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics at the...
History in Color: October 18, 1968, Mexico City, Mexico – Finnish middle heavyweight Kaarlo Kangasniemi competes in the snatch lift program in the 90kg class at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. In...
History in Color: April 13, 1972, Tallinn, Estonia – 25-year old Boris Pavlov of the Spartak Donetsk club is competing in the 82.5kg class and wins a national title at the 1972 USSR Championships...
Mladen Kuchev (Bulgaria): Ulm International in 1972
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Russ Knipp (USA): At the Ulm International in 1972
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