Yanko Rusev Wins His 1st European Title
History in Color @LiftUp: June 13, 1978, Havirov, Czechoslovakia – 19-year old junior lightweight Yanko Rusev of Bulgaria performs a cj lift in the 67.5kg weight class on his way to his first career...
History in Color @LiftUp: June 13, 1978, Havirov, Czechoslovakia – 19-year old junior lightweight Yanko Rusev of Bulgaria performs a cj lift in the 67.5kg weight class on his way to his first career...
History in Color @LiftUp: October 3, 1959, Warsaw, Poland – 32-year old rookie weightlifter of the national Team USSR, Rudolf Plukfelder competes in the 82.5kg weight class at his first World Championships in Warsaw...
History in Color: October 15, 1950, Paris, France – Legendary American heavyweight, 2x Olympic Champion, 6x World Champion John Davis competes at the 1950 World Championship in Paris, France. John Davis (1921-1984) definitely deserves...
History in Color: May 12, 1958, Chicago, IL, USA – Soviet and U.S Olympic weightlifters are waiting for the opening call of the first match of the 1958 USA vs. USSR match in Chicago....
History in Color: August 20, 1956, Moscow, Russia – 23-year old featherweight of the Soviet Army team Evgeny Minaev sets up a new world record in the press lift at the 1st USSR Spartakiade...
History in Color @LiftUp Shakhty, Rostov-on-Don, USSR, January 1970 – Light heavyweight David Rigert and his coach Rudolf Plukfelder are enjoying a conversation after a training session in the Weightlifting Hall in their hometown...
History in Color @LiftUp Lille, France, October 1954 – Olympic champion Norb Schemansky of the United States clean-and-jerks the Apollon Wheels in Lille. The original Apollon Axle was a set of railway car wheels...
March 20, 2023 – Happy 75th Birthday to Bobby Orr! Golden Goal in Bronze (TD Garden, Boston, MA)
History in Color: May 21, 1982, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, USSR – Legendary Yurik Vardanyan of Leninakan (Gyumri), Armenia sets a world record in the snatch in the 90kg class at the 1982 USSR Championships in...