May 9 – Remembering the Great Victory Day in 1945
Remembering the Great Victory Day in 1945… Many of them never came back from the war. Many of them are no longer around. The world is a different place today. New generations. New thoughts....
Remembering the Great Victory Day in 1945… Many of them never came back from the war. Many of them are no longer around. The world is a different place today. New generations. New thoughts....
Happy Birthday to the Legend! Alexander Varbanov (b. 1964) was perhaps one of the strongest middleweights of all times. His personal best was the total of 382.5kg (167.5+215, bodyweight 74.6kg) that was reached on...
Just received a very sad note from the family of Olympic weightlifting legend Norbert Schemansky (1924-2016). Norbert’s only son Larry passed away yesterday morning at 64. My most sincere condolences go the Schemansky family....
March 19, 2019 – Happy Birthday to legendary Rafael Chimishkyan of Georgia! Today we celebrate his 90th birthday! He is still active, has a great sense of humor and very charismatic. Time didn’t change...
March 15, 2019 – One of the finest Olympic weightlifters of Australia, vice champion of Summer Olympics and the World, Robert Kabbas celebrates his 64th Birthday! Robert Kabbas competed in three Olympic Games –...
Legendary David Rigert turns 72 today! Happy Birthday to the Legend!
March 5, 2019 – Legendary Grigory Novak (1919-1980), the first Soviet World champion and a great athlete and entertainer, would have celebrated his 100th birthday. Everybody knew him. He was a national hero. He...
Sad news just came from Ukraine… Yury Chimrov died on February 19, 2019. He was 63. RIP, Champion from the Dynamo Donetsk! Yury Chimrov was one of the young and promising Soviet heavyweights of...
Good Read For a Good Lift Jan. 26, 2019 – Biography Book by Kaarlo Kangasniemi Is Now Available in the booskstores in Finland and Sweden.