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Happy March 8th!
Do you celebrate the March 8th day? It is considered an international women’s day in many countries. Not in U.S., though. Here it is just a day in the calendar. This year is the...
Vorobyev
On the enhanced in color photo, Arkady Vorobyev is lifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Legendary Olympic weightlifter, scientist, coach and educator, Arkady Vorobyev (1924-2012) belongs to the generation of the Soviet...
Rakhmanov
Sultan Rakmanov (1950-2003) won the Olympics in the super heavyweight competition in 1980 in Moscow when his legendary teammate Vasily Alexeev was eliminated after he failed three times to snatch 180 kg. Rakhmanov made...
Disadvantage of Being a Teenager
One of the disadvantages of being a teenager is that you can’t really be nostalgic. You can’t see photos or videos of yourself 20+ years ago. You can’t really hit the playback button on your...
Training Camp in Dzintare (1950)
The debut of the weightlifting Team CCCP at the 1946 World Championship in Paris in Paris was successful. However, with the exception of the world class level of Grigory Novak, the rest of the team...