Remembering Petr Pavlasek (1947-2023)
January 3, 2023 – One of the best super heavyweights of the 1970s, Petr Pavlasek of Czech Republic passed away in Tyn nad Vltavou at 75. A 2x Olympian, Petr Pavlasek competed for for...
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Big Catch at the 2023 World Fishing Cup in Florida
January 2023, Ponte Vedra, Florida – Amazing fishing resulys were shown at the 2023 World Fishing Cup in Florida. Local champion Anhinga the Great finished with a world record Big Catch in the last...
Happy New Year 2023!
Love, Health and Happiness to you and yours in the New Year! From Arthur (left) and Adele
Young Vaclav Psenicka Jr: Weightlifting Promise of Czechoslovakia
The cover photo of the History in Color series features my color version of a portrait of one of the most distinguished Czech weightlifters of the 20th century, a “poster boy” of Czechoslovakian weightlifting...
Bonne année 2023 à la Charles Rigoulot !
Parlez-vous français? Vous avez 50 centimes? Bonne année 2023 à la Charles Rigoulot!
Lift Up: In Memoriam (2022)
Remembering Olympic weightlifting legends, athletes, coaches, administrators and many more, that we lost in 2021. In Memoriam 2022 Mihaly HUSZKA, Hungary 1933 – 2022 Carlton GORING , Great Britain 1932 – 2022 William MARCH, United States...
Where Were You on December 19, 1982?
History in Color: December 19, 1982, Moscow, Russia – 28-year old Moscow super heavyweight Vladimir Marchuk of the Burevestnik Club celebrates after setting the new clean-and-jerk record (260kg) in the 110+kg weight class at...
Merry Christmas From the Sunshine State
The gift of love, of joy, of peace… May all these and more be yours this Christmas.
Mihaly Huszka (1933-2022)
Sad news arrived last Friday from Houston, Texas, USA. Legendary Olympic weightlifter and coach Mihaly Huszka passed away at 89. Mihaly Huszka was one of the athletes from world famous group of Hungarian lifters...
