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History in Color: July 25, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – 29-year old featherweight Nikolay Saxonov of Svedlovsk, Russia competes for Team USSR in the 60kg weight class at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. 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...
May 23, 2020 – Olympic champion Asen Zlatev of Bulgaria turned 60! Happy Birthday, Champion!
History in Color: October 1946, York, PA, USA – of the most memorable U.S. weightlifting teams that was sent to Europe and won the 1946 World Championship in Paris, France: Left to right: Front...
History in Color: August 3, 1967, Moscow, Russia, USSR – Top super heavyweights’ lineup of the winners in the 102.5+kg weight class at the 1967 USSR Spartakiade and the 1967 USSR Championships in Moscow...
History in Color: May 18, 1980, Moscow, Russia – Soviet super heavyweights receive their medals in the 110+kg class at the 1980 USSR Championships in Moscow (left to right): Anatoly Pisarenko (silver medal, Dinamo...
History in Color: December 12, 1962, Tallinn, Estonia, USSR – Bantamweight Stepan Ulyanov of Alma Ata, Kazakhstan competes for Team Lokomotiv in the 56kg class at the 1962 USSR Team Championships in Tallinn. Stepan...
History in Color: Kiev, Ukraine, USSR, est. late 1970s – Legendary super heavyweight Anatoly Pisarenko and his coach Mikhail Kemel are caught on camera during the training session at the Dynamo training hall in...
Nikolay Saxonov: 1952 Summer Olympics (Helsinki)
25 May, 2020
Asen Zlatev (Bulgaria) Turns 60!
25 May, 2020
Top 6 Super Heavyweights in 1967
18 May, 2020
1980 USSR Championships: Super Heavyweight Medalists
16 May, 2020
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Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
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