From Sunny Feodosia (1980)

by achidlovski · January 1, 2018

A few months prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics, Team CCCP Weightlifting sends its cheerful greetings from a sunny Feodosia training camp in 1980.

Left to right:
Front row:
V.Veretennikov (56kg), D.Rigert (90kg), O.Karayanidy (56kg), Y.Sarkisjan (56kg), V.Mazin (60kg), K.Osmonaliev (52kg), N.Kolesnikov (60kg), P.Syrchin (100kg);
Mid Row:
A.Prilepin (head coach), A.Pervy (75kg), A.Pisarenko (110+kg), A.Voronin (52kg), V.Klokov (110kg), Y.Vardanyan (82.5kg), I.Nikitin (100kg), S.Rahmanov (110+kg), G.Bessonov (90kg), S.Arakelov (110kg)
Back row:
N/A, N/A, N/A, G.Baldin (massage therapist), H, H, A.Rykov (coach), S.Vardanyan, V.Alexeev (110+kg), L.Taranenko (110kg), V.Shary (90kg), N/A, N/A, Nozdrin (doctor)