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History in Color: July 31, 1967, Moscow, Russia, USSR – 26-year old light heavyweight Nikolay Khoroshaev of Rostov-on-Don, Russia performs a press lift in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1967 USSR Spartakiade and...
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: December 25, 1970, Kiev, Ukraine, USSR – Yury Yablonovsky. heavyweight of the Avangard Club (Lugansk), competes in the 110kg weight class at the 1970 USSR Cup in Kiev. It was the...
History in Color: Moscow, Russia, USSR, October 1983 – Gogi Gurgenyan of Fergana, Uzbekistan is working on making his photo reports from the 1983 World and European Championships at the Izmaylovo Weightlifting Hall in...
History in Color: May 5, 1979, Santiago, Cuba – 19-year old middleweight Julio Echenique of Cuba snatches 151kg and sets a new junior world record in the 75kg class in Santiago. Echenique had an...
January 12, 2021 – A true legend of Olympic weightlifting, 2x Olympic Champion, 6x World Champion, author of many remarkable world records, U.S. heavyweight John Davis (1921-1984) would have been celebrating his 100th birthday...
January 10, 2021 – Happy Birthday to Anatoly Pisarenko! One of the most memorable super heavyweight champions of the 1980s turns 63 today. History in Color: May 23, 1982, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, USSR – 24-year...
History in Color: October 18, 1964, Tokyo, Japan – Legendary Norbert Schemansky of Detroit, MI, USA goes for a World record in snatch (173kg) in the 4th attempt during the 90+kg weight class tournament...
History in Color: July 25, 1952, Leningrad, Russia, USSR – 33-year old World champion Arvid Andersson of Sweden performs a press lift in the 67.5kg class at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. It...
History in Color: July 27, 1979, Leningrad, Russia, USSR – 26-year old flyweight Kanybek Osmonaliev of Frunze, Kirgizia performs a snatch lift in the 52kg class at the 1979 USSR Spartakiade and USSR Championships...
History in Color: August 26, 1983, Moscow – 19-year old Bulgarian middleweight Alexander Varbanov competes in the 75kg class at the first World Championships in his career in Moscow in 1983. In the snatch...
History in Color: March 19, 1975, Zaporozhye, Ukraine – Legendary David Rigert of Shakhty, Russia competes for the Team USSR in the 90kg class at the 1975 Friendship Cup in Zaporozhye. He won the...
Club 500: Nikolay Khoroshaev (Russia, USSR)
14 Jan, 2021
Club 500: Yury Yablonovsky (Ukraine, USSR)
14 Jan, 2021
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Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
12 May, 2015
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