Kaarlo Kangasniemi: Pressing in Szombathely (1970)
History in Color: June 26, 1970, Szombathely, Hungary – Olympic champion Kaarlo Kangasniemi of Team Finland performs a press lift on his way to the gold in the 90kg class at the 1970 European...
History in Color: June 26, 1970, Szombathely, Hungary – Olympic champion Kaarlo Kangasniemi of Team Finland performs a press lift on his way to the gold in the 90kg class at the 1970 European...
History in Color: September 20, 1969, Warsaw, Poland –Legendary flyweight Zygmunt Smalcerz of Team Poland competes in the Olympic in the 52kg weight class press during his debut with the national weightlifting team at...
Continuing the Holiday Season catching up. It’s not a one hour process here. It has its own epics! This is not me again… This is the real Santa. He is helping us to decorate...
This is not me on the photo. This is Russian Santa or, as he is being called in Russia, Grandpa Frost. This one is actually 3 years younger than me. Hope all is well...
50 years ago, on December 19-22, 1968, the 1968 USSR Team Championships tournament was held in Alma Ata, Kazakhstan. The winners were: 1st place – Soviet Army Team, 2nd place – Dynamo Team, 3rd...
50 years ago, on December 19-22, 1968, the 1968 USSR Team Championships tournament was held in Alma Ata, Kazakhstan. The winners were: 1st place – Soviet Army Team, 2nd place – Dynamo Team, 3rd...
50 years ago, on December 19-22, 1968, the 1968 USSR Team Championships tournament was held in Alma Ata, Kazakhstan. The winners were: 1st place – Soviet Army Team, 2nd place – Dynamo Team, 3rd...
50 years ago, on December 19-22, 1968, the 1968 USSR Team Championships tournament was held in Alma Ata, Kazakhstan. The winners were: 1st place – Soviet Army Team, 2nd place – Dynamo Team, 3rd...
History in Color: February 29, 1976, Toronto, Canada – 3x Olympian of Team U.S.A., Phil Grippaldi competes in the middle heavyweight at the Pre-Olympic weightlifting meet in West Toronto. Phil Grippaldi (b. 1946) was one...
History in Color: Tbilisi, Georgia, 1961 – Legendary featherweights, Olympic champions Isaac Berger of New York, NY, USA and Rafael Chimishkyan of Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR. Isaac Berger celebrates his 82nd birthday today (Happy Birthday,...