Grippaldi (USA)
History in Color: Phil Grippaldi (b. 1946) was one of the most talented and popular U.S. Olympic weightlifters in the 1970s. He competed in the 90kg weight class and had an impressive look of...
Monthly Archive: April 2017
Mr. Cardinal
We just talked about how pretty Ms. Cardinal is today. Apparently, Mr. Cardinal overheard it and showed up shortly after. Northern Cardinals usually travel around in couples. It always has a nice touch in...
Red-winged Blackbird
These guys are consistent. The come to us early in the spring and leave us early in the fall. Tic Tac Toe… Works like a clock. They look and act like a military platoon....
Ms. Cardinal
It’s very warm today. Ms. Cardinal is having fun in the grass in the Belle Isle Marshes. “Isn’t she pretty?” I always say it loud. She likes to hear that. She is super pretty...
Today in the Backyard: Goldfinch
I haven’t seen American goldfinches here for over a year. I thought of thousands of reasons for this – from global warming to the food we were giving them. And now, they came back…...
Kosarev
History in Color: Mitrofan Kosarev (1911-2005) was the best Soviet bantamweight in the 1930s and 1940s. Nobody could beat Kosarev when he competed. He won the USSR championship in 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944,...
Unsung Heroes: Vasily Pegov
Thank you so much for the colorized photos of so many Soviet lifters. Many of these were before I got interested in lifting but many were also lifters who never got to compete outside...
The Nightmare No-Lift
History in Color Series: October 21, 1964 (Tokyo, Japan) – In his last attempt at the 1964 Summer Olympics, Olympic champion Yury Vlasov goes for 217.5kg in the clean-and-jerk. It’s a world record at the...
Fantomas: Weighlifting Version
Those who like Louis de Funès and French comedy of the past might get a smile here. Anyway, it’s good to be handy 🙂
The Miracle of Nature
Back in the times, he was called the “miracle of nature”. The cover photo from our History in Color series showcases legendary Paul Anderson competing at the 1955 World Championship in Munich, Germany. This...
