Daily Archive: June 30, 2018
History in Color: Team USSR Weightlifting during the friendly matches with Team Hungary (Budapest, 1950, left to right:) Front row: K. Nazarov, L. Sviridov, V. Svetilko, L. Sviridov (Delegation Lead), Ya. Kutsenko, Ye. Lopatin;...
History in Color: May 12, 1980, Moscow, Russia – Olympic champion Kanybek Osmonaliev competes in the 52kg class for the Burevestnik Club of Frunze, Kirgizia at the 1980 USSR championship in Moscow. Kanybek Osmonaliev...
History in Color: April 14, 1972, Tallinn, Estonia – Legendary Soviet heavyweight Jaan Talts of Tallinn, Estonia wins his 3rd gold medal at the 1972 USSR Championships in Tallinn. Jaan Talts’ final total was...
History in Color: Gudmundur Sigurdsson (b. 1946) is one of the finest athletes that represented Iceland on the international arena in Olympic weightlifing. He was a 2x Olympian of Iceland. Sigurdsson represented his country...
History in Color features one of the best Swedish Olympic weightlifters of the 20th Century Per Ingvar Asp. Per Ingvar (b. 1938) was a Swedish Olympian. Asp competed for Team Sweden at the 1964...