Category: Articles in English
Cover Photomodel: American Goldfinch
From our Birds Photography series at Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski.
Rudolf Ismayr
Olympic champion Rudolf Ismayr (1908-1998) of Germany is snatching squat style outdoors in the 1930s. He won the gold Olympic medal in the middleweight in Los Angeles (1932) and the silver medal in Berlin...
Vaclav Psenicka and Jaroslav Skobla (Czechoslovakia)
Early Olympians of Czechoslovakia, Vaclav Psenicka Sr. (left) and Jaroslav Skobla in 1932. Vaclav Psenicka (1906-1961) competed in three Olympics (1928, 1932, 1936). He won silver medals in Los Angeles (1932) and in Berlin...
David Rigert: Barefoot Snatch
David Rigert of Team CCCP Weightlifting performs a “barefoot snatch” in training. From the History in Color series at Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski.
Peter Korol
Olympic Champion Peter Korol (1941-2015) of Dynamo Lvov, Ukraine performs front squats while training with the national Team CCCP Weightlifting before the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. From the History in Color series at...
Jaan Talts (HIC)
Olympic Champion Jaan Talts of Estonia and Team CCCP weightlifting just finished the clean part of the lift. From the History in Color series at Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski. Previously in the History in Color...
Vladimir Ryzhenkov
World Champion and author of 12 world records, Vladimir Ryzhenkov (1948-2011) of Dynamo Moscow and Team CCCP Weightlifting during the training session. Ryzhenkov was one of the world most impressive and brightest stars in...
Rigertomania In Action
On the cover: Heated pep-talk in our weightlifting gym before the Championship of Moscow in the early 1980s. My coach Vladimir Glyadkovsky (on the left) gives some strategic input on upcoming competitions. I am...
