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History in Color: October 1966, East Berlin, Germany – Two key personalities of Olympic weightlifting of their countries, Bob Hoffman (USA) and Arkady Vorobyev (USSR) exchange a firm handshake on the streets of East...
History in Color: October 14, 1955, Munich, Germany – Weightlifting middleweight champions Fedor Bogdanovsky (left) of Leningrad, USSR and Peter George of Akron, OH, USA are receiving their medals and awards after competing in...
History in Color: The series cover photo features one of the greatest Soviet weightlifters of the pre-WWII era, George Popov (1912-1974). George Popov belongs to the group of outstanding Soviet athletes that were called...
History in Color featured Gyozo Veres (1936-2011) of Hungary on several occasions. However, it’s never enough to enjoy the moments with one of the greatest Olympic weightlifters in the history of this sport. Gyozo...
September 3, 1972, Munich, Germany – 21-year old Bulgarian middle heavyweight wins a gold medal in the 90kg class with 180+155+190=525OR at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
History in Color features a photo celebrating great Swedish weightlifters of three generations (left to right:) Bo Johansson (b. 1945), Arvid Andersson (1919-2011), Leif Nilsson (b. 1952)
History in Color: Line-up of famous Soviet weightlifters of the first decades after the end of WWII (right to left): Nikolay Shatov, Yevgeny Lopatin, Roman Roman, Grigory Novak, X, Roman Moroz.
History in Color: March 19, 1978, Moscow, Russia – Igor Nikitin of the Army Club, Khabarovsk, Russia wins with the world record of 390kg total (172.5 + 217.5) in the 100kg class at the 1978...
History in Color: November 23, 1956, Melbourne, Australia – Charles Vinci, of York, Pennsylvania displays his Olympic Gold medal after winning the bantamweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. That was the...
RLOL is a little tag for Russian humor. Most of the times, it’s almost impossible to translate or to try to explain it. You’ve got to grow up in Russia to be able to...
Super Heavyweight Champions in Lima, 1971
16 Feb, 2020
16 Feb, 2020
Vasily Kolotov: Hunting For a World Record In Ulm
12 Feb, 2020
Unsung Heroes: Yury Rascheskin (USSR, Uzbekistan)
11 Feb, 2020
2 May, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
12 May, 2015
28 Sep, 2015
1 May, 2016
1 May, 2017
