Daily Archive: February 18, 2019
History in Color: July 27, 1967, Moscow, Russia – Olympic champion Alexey Vakhonin of the Trud Team (Shakhty, Russia) is preparing to enter the competition platform in the 56kg class at the 1967 USSR...
History in Color: July 29, 1928, Amsterdam, Netherlands – Legendary Czech heavyweight Jaroslav Skobla after winning a bronze medal in the 82.5kg weightclass at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Jaroslav Skobla (1899-1959) was...
History in Color: The cover photo shot rather from an unusual angle shows well-known Soviet weightlifting megastars of the 1970s during the introduction ceremony at the Baltic Cup: Left to right: Vladimir Ryzhenkov (82.5kg,...