Category: Articles in English
“On your marks, set, go!”
The Northern Cardinal and the Common Grackle are all set at the start line… “On your marks, set, go!” It’s a big run. Where do they run, by the way?
Nosseir
The Lift Up: History in Color series continues with the enhanced photo of El Sayed Nosseir of Egypt lifting at the Festival of World Press at the Berlin Sports Palace in Berlin 1935. El Sayed Nosseir...
The Magic of Yellow Eyes
“Do you have yellow eyes?” asked me this common grackle in the Belle Isle Marches. He saw me pointing my camera lens at him. “No, I don’t.” “Then you are not a grackle,” –...
Good Old Olympic Weightlifting High Pulls
Gennady Ivanchenko is performing high pulls during his training session in the old Dynamo gym in Riga Latvia in the 1970s. This is an enhanced photo from the Ivanchenko’s personal archive featured in our...
In the Middleweight
Vasily Denisov (1955-1996) of Perm, Russia was one of the strongest Soviet middleweight athletes of the end of the 1970s and beginning of the 1980s. He won the 1980 USSR championship in the 75kg...
Three Amigos In the Belle Isle Area
These three house sparrows were too happy and jolly. They talked too fast because of being so happy and jolly. So, I didn’t quiet get their names. But I think I caught their mood...
Heavy Squats by Marchuk (1980s)
Fans of Iron Game often refer to record breaking leg strength of Olympic weightlifter Vladimir Marchuk and quote that he was able to squat 435KG three times! For those who are challenged by kilograms...
Have You Seen Mrs. Cardinal Today?
“Have you seen Mrs. Cardinal today?” asked me Mr. Cardinal hiding in the bushes in the Belle Isle Marches today. “Oh, yes, Mr. Cardinal! I’ve seen Ms. Cardinal over there…” And I pointed him...
Mrs. Cardinal Is Curious
This is Mrs. Cardinal. She seems curious. At least, this is the way I interpreted her look at me this morning in the Belle Isle area. Save