Sergey Gimaev (1955-2017)
Sad news came from Russia… Sergey Gimaev, defenceman of legendary Red Army club and TV commentator, died in Tula, Russia at the age of 62. Sergey Gimaev played 10 seasons in the Soviet Premiere...
Sad news came from Russia… Sergey Gimaev, defenceman of legendary Red Army club and TV commentator, died in Tula, Russia at the age of 62. Sergey Gimaev played 10 seasons in the Soviet Premiere...
Continuing the Lift Up: History in Color series, the cover photo shows Team CCCP Weightlifting being interviewed by famous Soviet media personalities before the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Front row (left to right):...
On the cover photo from the Lift Up: History in Color series, legendary David Rigert is preparing for the 210kg clean-and jerk lift at the 1975 World Championship in Moscow. I think the original black-and-white...
History in Color: Boris Pavlov (1947-2008) of Donetsk, Ukraine was the World Champion (1971), European Champion (1972) and USSR Champion (1972) in the light heavyweight class (82.5kg). His strongest lift was clean-and-jerk. He set...
Champion of the 1976 Summer Olympics, Valery Shary of Minsk, Belarus cleans the weight at one of the competitions in the late 1960s. So far, I wasn’t able to identify the tournament. My initial...
History in Color: Alym Achichaev was one of the best Soviet athletes in the 100kg weight class in the late 1970s. He won the USSR championship in 1976, the USSR Cup in 1975 and...
Robert “Bob” Bednarski of Team USA was one of the most exciting and fun to watch Olympic weightlifters in the 1960s. He won the World Championship in 1969 and was the silver medalist in...
One. Two. Three. It’s a hat trick for Brad Marchand in the Bruins vs. Canucks game in Vancouver. Go Bruins!