Monthly Archive: February 2017
MIA
We miss these guys. This year we had very few birds visiting our backyard. This little goldfinch was visiting us on February 21, 2016. No goldfinches this year. What’s the matter? We miss goldfinch...
David Rigert: In the Gym
David A. Rigert is ready for the lift. Does anyone have an idea what kind of exercise is it going ti be? Obviously the black and white version of this photo has been around...
Yakubovsky (USSR)
Valery Yakubovsky was a world class athlete in the 110kg weight class. The competition for the place in the national team in his weight class was tough. The list of the usual suspects was...
Legends of Egypt
The Lift Up: History in Color series continues with this enhanced cover photo of Team Egypt: Left to right: El Sayed Mohaned Nosseir, El Touni, Ibrahim Hassan Shams, Mahmoud Fayed, Kamal Mahgoub The original...
Vorobyev
On the enhanced in color photo, Arkady Vorobyev is lifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Legendary Olympic weightlifter, scientist, coach and educator, Arkady Vorobyev (1924-2012) belongs to the generation of the Soviet...
Rakhmanov
Sultan Rakmanov (1950-2003) won the Olympics in the super heavyweight competition in 1980 in Moscow when his legendary teammate Vasily Alexeev was eliminated after he failed three times to snatch 180 kg. Rakhmanov made...
Balderisomania at Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski
Just a quick reminder… Balderisomania Never Stops @ Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski With latest amount of posts about the history of Olympic weightlifting and the latest new development of the Lift Up project, we had...
Disadvantage of Being a Teenager
One of the disadvantages of being a teenager is that you can’t really be nostalgic. You can’t see photos or videos of yourself 20+ years ago. You can’t really hit the playback button on your...
Training Camp in Dzintare (1950)
The debut of the weightlifting Team CCCP at the 1946 World Championship in Paris in Paris was successful. However, with the exception of the world class level of Grigory Novak, the rest of the team...
