World Record by Victor Korzh (1956)
History in Color: April 11, 1956, Moscow, Russia, USSR – 22-year featherweight Victor Korzh of Rostov, Russia sets a new world record in press (113.5kg) in the 60kg weight class at the international tournament...
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Fiction and Nonfiction: Ivan Danko and Alexander Bozhko
Art Ritzik (Jim Belushi): Where’d you learn to speak English so well? Ivan Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger): Army. Compulsory training. Language school in Kiev. Art Ritzik: Oh, yeah. That’s like as in Chicken Kiev. Yeah,...
Now and Then: Anatoly Pisarenko and Zygmunt Smalcerz
Legends of Olympic weightlifting, Anatoly Pisarenko (Ukraine) and Zygmunt Smalcerz (Poland) back in the 1980s and today at the 2023 Weightlifting Masters World Championships in Wieliczka, Poland
Adam Gnatov, Ukraine/USSR: 1944-2023
July 20, 2023 – Sad news came from Lviv, Ukraine. Legendary Soviev flyweight Adam Gnatov passed away in his hometown at 78. Adam Gnatov competed in the 52kg weight class. He was a vice...
Tommy Kono: Weightlifting Saga in Stockholm
1. Olympic Weightlifting Saga (Stockholm, Sweden) Back in the old days, Stockholm hosted Olympic Weightlifting World Championships three times – in 1953, 1958 and 1963. Ironically, the years are a perfect match to the...
Ben Helfgott, Holocaust survivor and Olympic weightlifter, dies at 93
June 16, 2023 – Ben Helfgott, Holocaust survivor and British Olympian at the Olymics in 1956 and 1960, died at 93. Benjamin “Ben” Helfgott survived the Holocaust as a teenager and then he went...
Bobby Orr Turns 75!
March 20, 2023 – Happy 75th Birthday to Bobby Orr! Golden Goal in Bronze (TD Garden, Boston, MA)
Happy Birthday to Robert Kabbas of Australia!
March 15, 2023 – Happy Birthday to legendary Olympic weightlifting champion Robert Kabbas of Australia!
