Two Champs of Tokyo 1964
History in Color series: Leonid Zhabotinsky of Zaporozye, Ukraine and Alexey Vakhonin of Shakhty, Russia are enjoying a rest day in the Olympic village in Tokyo in 1964. Both became Olympic champions in 1964....
History in Color series: Leonid Zhabotinsky of Zaporozye, Ukraine and Alexey Vakhonin of Shakhty, Russia are enjoying a rest day in the Olympic village in Tokyo in 1964. Both became Olympic champions in 1964....
The History in Color series: May 15, 1981, Novosibirsk, Russia – Yurik Vardanyan of Leninakan, Armenia competes in the 90kg weight class at the 1981 USSR Championship in Novosibirsk. Vardanyan managed to win the...
The group photo of Team CCCP Weightlifting in the training camp at the Black Sea continues our History in Color series. Front row (l-r): V. Stepanov (82.5kg, Riga), V. Bushuev (67.5kg, Gorky), A. Kurynov (75kg,...
Bernie C. stole a red plastic cup from the kitchen. He is in trouble and don’t want to admit it. Happy Friday to all (including Bernie)!
Happy Birthday, Bernard!!!! Very special wishes to a very special person!
Olympic champion of Mexico City (1968), Boris Selitsky of Leningrad is preparing to clean-and-jerk 185 kg at the 1968 USSR Championship in Lugansk, Ukraine. Save
Arnold Golubovich (1945-2000) was an outstanging light heavyweight of the late 1960s – early 1970s. He was a word records holder and a bronze medalist of the USSR championship (1969). Golubovich was a milestone athlete in...
June 12, 1978 – Olympic champion of Montreal (1976), Nikolay Kolesnikov of Shakhty, Russia competes at the 1978 European Championship in Havirov, Czechoslovakia. Kolesnikov won the tournament with the 290kg total (125+165) in the...
On the History in Color cover photo, Rafael Chimishkyan is training in his gym in Tbilisi, Georgia. His coach Pavel Gumashyan is overseeing the lift. Both are preparing for the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne....