Leonid Taranenko: 1978 USSR Cup
History in Color: December 17, 1978, Fergana, Uzbekistan – 22-year old heavyweight Leonid Taranenko of Minsk, Belarus competes in the 110kg weight class at the 1978 USSR Cup in Fergana. In two years, Taranenko...
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In Black and White: The Time Has Come,’ the Walrus Said…
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...
Alexander Varbanov: World Record in Moscow, 1983
History in Color: August 26, 1983, Moscow – 19-year old Bulgarian middleweight Alexander Varbanov sets a new world record (210kg in clean-and-jerk) and wins his first world title in the 75kg class at the...
Legendary European Olympians of the Pre-World War II Era
History in Color: October 4, 1931, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg – Olympic champions and weightlifting legends of Europe, Rudolf Ismayr, Josef Strassberger (both Germany) and Carlo Galimberti (Italy) are enjoying the photo session during the...
Weightlifting Classics: Yury Vlasov in Paris (1964)
History in Color: June 1964, Paris, France – Legendary super heavyweight, 28-year old Yury Vlasov of Team USSR goes for a clean-and-jerk world record (215kg) at the invitational international tournament dedicated to the 50th...
Valery Shary: National Championships in Kiev (1978)
History in Color: April 23, 1978, Kiev, Ukraine – Olympic champion Valery Shary of Minsk, Belarus competes in the snatch program in the 82.5kg class at the 1978 USSR Championships in Kiev. By the...
Northern Harrier in Florida
They used to be called Marsh Hawks because they were hunting over marches. I’ve never seen these hawks before. At first, I thought that he was sick or wounded. I spotted him on the...
Wood Stork in Ponte Vedra, Florida
Wood stork fella as seen in the Birds’ Island area in Ponte Vedra, FL. In the old times they used to say that storks were finding babies in the marches and were bringing them...
Little Australians in Florida
These guys are zebra finches seen this week in one of the rehab places in Jacksonville, Florida. Originally from Central Australia and Timor, they seem to enjoy being transplanted to the other part of...
Igor Nikitin (USSR): Friendship Cup in Odessa
History in Color: March 5, 1983, Odessa, Ukraine – Olympic vice champion Igor Nikitin of the Army Club, Lipetsk, Russia competes in the 110kg class at the 1983 Friendship Cup in Odessa. Igor Nikitin...
Mincho Pashov (1961-2019)
Sad news came from Plovdiv, Bulgaria. One of the Bulgarian weightlifting greats, Mincho Pashov passed away on November 15, 2019 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He was 58. Mincho Pashov was one of the most impressive...
Charles Rigoulot: Four Months Before the Big Day In Paris
History in Color: March 2, 1924, France – Top French contenders lined up at the 1924 French Championships in Olympic weightlifting (right to left) – Monnet, Rigoulot, Vandeputte, Decottignies. In four months from this...
