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Happy 60th Birthday to Anton Kodzhabashev! Our best wishes to brilliant world champion and world records breaker, one of the most memorable Bulgarian legends of the Abadzhiev’s era in Olympic weightlifting! Anton Kodzhabashev @...
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: June 26, 1971, Sofia, Bulgaria – 19-year old heavyweight Alexander Kraychev of Bulgaria competes in the clean-and-jerk program in the 110kg class of the 1971 European Championships in Sofia. Graduate of...
History in Color: June 20, 1977, Leninakan, Armenia – Middleweight athletes of the national team USSR, Vartan Militosyan of the Ashkhtak Club and Yurik Vardanyan of the Lokomotiv Club are training in their hometown...
History in Color: September 11, 1963, Stockholm, Sweden – Soviet coach Alexey Medvedev is assisting light heavyweight Rudolf Plyukfelder during the competitions in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1963 World Championships in Stockholm....
Legendary Czech Olympic weightlifter, Olympian, stuntman and film/TV personality, Zdenek Srstka died on July 29, 2019. He was 83. Zdenek Srstka was a true celebrity in Czech Republic. In his on-camera career, he appeared...
History in Color: July 27, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – Legendary U.S. heavyweight John Davis wins his second Olympic gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics at the Messuhalli Arena in Helsinki. John Davis (1921-1984)...
History in Color: March 19, 1974, Yerevan, Armenia –Legendary Soviet weightlifter David Rigert performs a 167.5kg snatch in his second attempt in the 90kg weight class competition at the 1974 Friendship Cup in Yerevan....
History in Color: October 1938 – American weightlifting team is on its way to the 1938 World Championships in Vienna (left to right): John Terpak (75kg), John Grimek (82.5kg), John Terry (60kg), Tony Terlazzo...
Sad news came from Tehran, Iran. Legendary Iranian Olympic weightlifter, Olympic vice champion Parviz Jalayer passed away on July 6, 2019 in Tehran, Iran. He was 79. Parviz Jalayer was a world record holder...
History in Color: March 30, 1952, Ivanovo, Russia –28-year old Trofim Lomakin competes for the Army Club of Moscow competes in the 90kg weight class at the 1952 USSR Championships at the State Circus...
History in Color: May 18, 1966, Novosibirsk, Russia –Super heavyweight Gennady Ryabokon of the Spartak Club, Vitebsk, Belarus competes in the 102.5+kg weight class at the 1966 USSR Championships at the Dynamo Weightlifting Hall...
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Plyukfelder and Medvedev in Stockholm (1963)
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Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
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