Training Hard In 1946
This photo came from the personal archives of George Popov. We have enhanced it for the Lift Up project about the history of Olympic weightlifting. The photo shows how Team CCCP candidates are training...
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Patriot’s Parade in Boston
The parade and celebration of the Patriots’ 5th Super Bowl is on and running. Weather is not an obstacle. Snow or rain, day or night, Patriots’ fans are out to cheer up for the...
Go Pats!
It’s the 5th win and ABSOLUTELY awesome win! Coming from behind during the whole game and winning in the first ever Super Bowl overtime make the whole football grand finale a Hollywood film like...
Go Patriots!
The birds of Massachusetts are definite in their choice for Sunday: “GO PATS!” Some flew southwest to watch the game in Houston, TX. Some are staying with us and will watch the Super Bowl...
Snatch Lift by Vasily Alexeev
Legendary Olympic weightlifter Vasily Alexeev was obviously the “King of the Clean and-Jerk Lift”. Nobody really knew how much he could have cj’d in his times. I suspect it was more than his 256kg...
Medvedev
As an athlete, Medvedev was a member of the national Soviet team for 16 years. Medvedev didn’t have impressive promising talent for the weightlifting. It was his work ethics and ability to focus on...
Isaac Berger
Isaac Berger (b. 1936) was one of the strongest featherweight lifters in the 1950’s and 1960’s. His accomplishments exceed those of any other past or present. During the late 1950’s, no lifter in this...
Rusev
Yanko Rusev (b.1958) was a graduate of the Bulgarian weightlifting school that challenged the Soviet team to dominate Olympic weightlifting in the 1970’s and the 1980’s. Overall, while most of the time the Soviets...
Crane Operators of Boston Are For the Patriots!
It’s a view from our office in Boston. Make sure to tell Bill Belichick and Tom Brady: “Crane Operators of Boston Are For the Patriots!”
