Yakubovsky (USSR)
Valery Yakubovsky was a world class athlete in the 110kg weight class. The competition for the place in the national team in his weight class was tough. The list of the usual suspects was...
Valery Yakubovsky was a world class athlete in the 110kg weight class. The competition for the place in the national team in his weight class was tough. The list of the usual suspects was...
The Lift Up: History in Color series continues with this enhanced cover photo of Team Egypt: Left to right: El Sayed Mohaned Nosseir, El Touni, Ibrahim Hassan Shams, Mahmoud Fayed, Kamal Mahgoub The original...
On the enhanced in color photo, Arkady Vorobyev is lifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Legendary Olympic weightlifter, scientist, coach and educator, Arkady Vorobyev (1924-2012) belongs to the generation of the Soviet...
Sultan Rakmanov (1950-2003) won the Olympics in the super heavyweight competition in 1980 in Moscow when his legendary teammate Vasily Alexeev was eliminated after he failed three times to snatch 180 kg. Rakhmanov made...
Just a quick reminder… Balderisomania Never Stops @ Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski With latest amount of posts about the history of Olympic weightlifting and the latest new development of the Lift Up project, we had...
One of the disadvantages of being a teenager is that you can’t really be nostalgic. You can’t see photos or videos of yourself 20+ years ago. You can’t really hit the playback button on your...
The debut of the weightlifting Team CCCP at the 1946 World Championship in Paris in Paris was successful. However, with the exception of the world class level of Grigory Novak, the rest of the team...
It’s cold in Boston. Bernie C. prefers to stay warm in front of the fireplace at home.
History in Color: It was hot in Lima in 1971. Vasily Alexeev wore a hat while warming up in the outside training before the 1971 World Championship. In the back, the head coach of...
This is the Northern Cardinal from Winthrop. He’s patiently waiting for his breakfast in our backyard. He was so patient that I was able to make this fast shot of him without waiting until...