Kyiv Strong: Nikolay Laputin
History in Color: October 3, 1947, Helsinki, Finland – Soviet heavyweight Nikolay Laputin performs a snatch lift in the 82.5+kg weight class at the 1947 European Championships in Helsinki. It was the first European...
History in Color: October 3, 1947, Helsinki, Finland – Soviet heavyweight Nikolay Laputin performs a snatch lift in the 82.5+kg weight class at the 1947 European Championships in Helsinki. It was the first European...
History in Color: Alexander Donskoy (1913-1956) was one of the best Soviet bantam and flyweights in the 1930s and 1940s. He competed for the Temp and Spartak clubs of Kiev. During his career as...
History in Color: July 1952 – Member of Team USSR Weightlifting, middle heavyweight Grigory Novak participates in the joint photo session organized by the Soviet media at one of the last training camps before...
March 12, 2022 – Legendary Soviet Olympic weightlifter David Rigert celebrates his 75th Birthday today. Olympic champion, 6x World and 9x European champion, 5x USSR champion and author of 65 world records, David Rigert...
The news on TV said that the invaders captured the city of Kherson in the south of Ukraine. It’s less than 90 miles from the place that my family comes from. Total lunacy! I...
History in Color: October 21, 1938, Vienna, Austria – U.S. lightweight Tony Terlazzo of York, PA is competing in the snatch program in the 67.5kg class at the 1938 World Championships held in Vienna....
February 20, 2022 – All-time hockey Legend, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, former super star center of the Chicago Black Hawks, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers and, of course, Team...
February 15, 2022 – Legendary American super heavyweight, World Champion and world records holder, 1968 Summer Olympics medalist, Joe Dube (USA) is turning 78 today. Happy Birthday, Joe! History in Color: August 11, 1968,...
History in Color: July 30, 1983, Moscow, Russia, USSR – Sub heavyweight Victor Sots of Donetsk, Ukraine is performing his signature push jerk style with 227.5kg in his second attempt in the 100kg class...
February 5, 2022 – Iconic athlete of the U.S. Olympic weightlifting of the late 1990s and 2000s U.S., Oscar Chaplin III of Savannah, GA died at 41. Oscar Chaplin III was a true American...