Daily Archive: August 23, 2018
History in Color: October 14, 1950, Paris, France – Soviet middleweight Vladimir Pushkarev of Moscow, Russia, competes in the 75kg class at the 1950 World Championships in Paris. Pushkarev finished the competition with the...
History in Color: June 1955 – During the historical 1955 Team USA Weightlifting Tour to USSR, Egypt and Iran, U.S. weightlifters competed in the weightlifting matches in Cairo and Alexandria (Egypt). The cover photo...
History in Color: October 14, 1955, Munich, Germany – Legendary Olympic weightlifter Tommy Kono of Team USA wins the light heavyweight gold medal at the 1955 World Championships in Munich. It was the 3rd...