Bobby Orr Turns 75!
March 20, 2023 – Happy 75th Birthday to Bobby Orr! Golden Goal in Bronze (TD Garden, Boston, MA)
March 20, 2023 – Happy 75th Birthday to Bobby Orr! Golden Goal in Bronze (TD Garden, Boston, MA)
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: May 21, 1982, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, USSR – Legendary Yurik Vardanyan of Leninakan (Gyumri), Armenia sets a world record in the snatch in the 90kg class at the 1982 USSR Championships in...
March 15, 2023 – Happy Birthday to legendary Olympic weightlifting champion Robert Kabbas of Australia!
History in Color: October 19, 1946, Paris, France – In the end of the last day of the 1946 World Championships, the winners in the the heavyweight class (82.5+kg) received their medals at the...
History in Color: September 19, 1958, Stockholm, Sweden – 26-year old Bulgarian lightweight Ivan Abadzhiev performs his 1st attempt in a clean-and-jerk program in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1958 World Championships in...
History in Color at Lift Up: October 21, 1950, Kaiserslahtern, Germany – Team Germany and Team USA athletes are lined up before a friendly exhibition match in Olympic weightlifting (left to right): GERMANY: Theo...
History in Color: December 15, 1979, Frunze, Kyrgyzstan, USSR – 32-year old David Rigert of the Trud Team (Taganrog, Russia) prepares for an attempt to snatch a world record (182.5kg) in the 100kg class...
History in Color: August 30, 1972, Munich, Germany – 25-year old lightweight Mladen Kuchev of Team Bulgaria sets the last world record in press (157.5kg) in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1972 Summer...
February 11, 2023, Raleigh, NC, USA – Sad news came from North Carolina. Legendary American weightlifter, Olympic vice champion, Lee James passed away at 69. So far, it is known that he fell from...
With less than an hour to go, the predictions battles are becoming more heated. I got stuck with a Hamlet level question here – KC or not KC?