Daily Archive: June 12, 2018
History in Color: November 10, 1957, Teheran, Iran – 25-year old lightweight Ivan Abadzhiev of Bulgaria competes in the snatch program at the 1957 World Championships in Teheran. In Teheran, Ivan Abadzhiev won the...
History in Color features the color version of the photo with one of Olympic weightlifting all-time best athlete, Imre Foldi (1938-2017) of Hungary. One of all-time best? Nah, Imre was the best. Wanna argue?...
History in Color: May 29, 1977, Glebe Police – Citizens Boys Club – Silver medalist of the Summer Olympics, Robert Kabbas of Australia sets a new Australian, Australasian and Commonwealth record of 185.5kg in...
History in Color: May 1958, Chicago, IL – One of the coaches of Team CCCP, Alexander Bozhko is being introduced at the opening ceremony of the 1958 USA vs USSR Olympic weightlifting matches in...
History in Color: December 1955, NYC, NY – Middle heavyweight Clyde Emrich of Team USA Weightlifting performs a clean-and-jerk lift in front of thousands of spectators at the famous Madison Square Garden arena in...