Monthly Archive: August 2017
History of Olympic weightlifting consists of many stories about legendary weightlifters, coaches, trainers and administrators. Some of them are well-known. Some less. Some for a variety of reasons escaped the spotlight of historic reviews...
The cover photo of the History in Color series features interesting group shot of Team CCCP and Team Bulgaria before the 1980 Olympics. The photo was taken in the Tsaghkadzor, Armenia facilites. Left to right:...
Not for everybody, but might be fun 🙂
One of the best Olympic weightlifting teams in the world in the 1950s and 1960s, Team USA is having a good time in the rural area in Pennsylvania. Not far from the York Barbell...
David Rigert has began his snatch pull… The photo was taken at the 1972 Olympics. It wasn’t the best performance by the legend. Nevertheless, Rigert continues to be a true inspiration in Olympic weightlifting. Go...
Karl Pumpurins of Riga, Latvia competes in the press lift at the 1971 USSR Spartakiad in Moscow. Pumpurins pressed 195kg in the 110kg weight class and took the 5th place with the 540kg total (195+145+200)....
Speaking of how low some of the Olympic weightlifters were able to capture the weight in the snatch lift squat… On the cover photo Vladimir Kononov of Team USSR snatches 170kg in the 100kg...
The History in Color cover photo features legendary Tommy Kono working with the athletes in Germany. 2x Olympic champion Kono was preparing Team West Germany for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Sad news from Smolyan, Bulgaria… On August 20, 2017, Olympic weightlifter Velichko Cholakov had a heart attack and died at the age of 35, in the hospital in his hometown of Smolyan, Bulgaria. Cholakov...
The guy is patiently waiting his turn at the vet clinic today in Salem. Yes. Bernie C. can be patient… for 2 minutes. Sometimes.