Kolesnikov
June 12, 1978 – Olympic champion of Montreal (1976), Nikolay Kolesnikov of Shakhty, Russia competes at the 1978 European Championship in Havirov, Czechoslovakia. Kolesnikov won the tournament with the 290kg total (125+165) in the...
Monthly Archive: April 2017
Training in Tbilisi
On the History in Color cover photo, Rafael Chimishkyan is training in his gym in Tbilisi, Georgia. His coach Pavel Gumashyan is overseeing the lift. Both are preparing for the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne....
Mark Twain and Little Susie Dance Missouri Waltz
Writers From Missouri Say “Jiggity Jig!” Can’t blame them!
Split Style Clean in Munich 1955
Legendary Soviet lifter and coach, Arkady Vorobyev cleans the weight using split style at the 1955 World championship in Munich. Split style was dominant among weightlifters back in those days. It might look odd...
Mr. Common Grackle
Mr. Common Grackle picked a very uncommon place to get food in the backyard. Usually, places with smaller feeders are reserved for smaller birds. Go figure!
They Are Back!
“We are b-a-a-a-c-k!” First, I thought I got confused when I heard this in the chorus line in our backyard opera house this morning. All birds were singing their happy songs and all of...
Early Morning Opera House
Our neighborhood turned into a little opera house this morning. Local birds are singing their songs all over the place. You can hear voices of robins, grackles, sparrows, cardinals, finches, blackbirds… The songs overlap...
Portrait Of A Champion
This is obviously a media staged shot of legendary Norbert Schemansky. Team USA just arrived to Helsinki for the 1952 Summer Olympics. Schemansky is 28. He is not Mr. Weightlifting yet. It will come...
