Rigert
David Rigert was and remains an absolutely “cult figure” for many generations of the fans of the Iron Game. David Rigert (b. 1947) was one of the leading athletes in a legendary Soviet team...
David Rigert was and remains an absolutely “cult figure” for many generations of the fans of the Iron Game. David Rigert (b. 1947) was one of the leading athletes in a legendary Soviet team...
The enhanced archival photo depicts the coach of Team Bulgaria Ivan Abadzhiev doing a high pull of 300kg (660 lbs) in the training camp. Abadzhiev is barefeet. The boy at the volleyball court behind...
Riga, Latvia, 1963 – Alexander Dynnikov is performing a cj lift of 121.5kg and breaks a record of Latvia in the 56kg weight class. The original black-and-white photo came to me from the personal...
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On this photo exclusively enhanced for the Lift Up project, Vladimir Ryzhenkov of Team CCCP is competing in the 82,5 class at the 1974 World Champioship in Manila. He is going for the world...
Paris, France (February 14, 1971) – Vasily Alexeev just lifted 230kg (cj) and set another world record at the Memorial Jean Dame. This is his third world record of the day. Before, he lifted...
There were definitely many candidates for a “poster boy” of Olympic weightlifting through its history. Gennady Ivanchenko, by all means, is in the top of this group. Well-built and strong. Confident, slick and reliable....
The weightlifting part of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome was about to begin. Soviet lifters were conducting their open training session and fellow athletes from Team USA stopped by to say hello. On...
“Weights are to be lifted by the back and legs!” It is the axiom of Olympic weightlifting. Whenever you first enter the training gym, it will be the first lesson by the coach. The photo...
Joe Dube sent me this photo as a present a few years ago. The photo shows Team USA walking at the opening ceremony of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. A few days...