Zhabotinsky In the Training Gym
History in Color: Two-time Olympic champion in the super heavyweight, Leonid Zhabotinsky is having a good time during the training session in his gym. The original b/w photo was taken in 1969. Leonid Zhabotinsky...
History in Color: Two-time Olympic champion in the super heavyweight, Leonid Zhabotinsky is having a good time during the training session in his gym. The original b/w photo was taken in 1969. Leonid Zhabotinsky...
Total blast from the past… Listened to the Russian radio last night and the guest speaker was Vladimir Markin, the singer, producer, businessman, politician. I don’t know anything about the “businessnan anf politician” part....
It’s nice and sunny in Boston today! There are still little islands of snow here and there… Like on the cover photo here. Is it the last snow this year? 🙂
Last Sunday, David Rigert turned 70! For whatever reason, I sent my congratulations on so many outlets that… I forgot to mention about it on Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski. We all have our favorite athletes....
The Lift Up: History in Color series showcases the training hall with Olympic weightlifters in 1970. Gennady Ivanchenko (Riga, Latvia) and David Rigert (Shakhty, Russia) are enjoying the moment of rest between the lifts....
The Lift Up: History in Color series at Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski presents the cover photo with Bob Hoffman (1898-1985) of York Barbell and Team USA at the opening of the USA vs USSR weightlifting...
Igor Rybak (1934-2005) of Kharkov, Ukraine was one of the first Soviet Olympic champions. He won the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne with a 380kg total (110+120+150) in the 67.5kg weightclass. In the same...
Sad news came from Russia… Sergey Gimaev, defenceman of legendary Red Army club and TV commentator, died in Tula, Russia at the age of 62. Sergey Gimaev played 10 seasons in the Soviet Premiere...
Continuing the Lift Up: History in Color series, the cover photo shows Team CCCP Weightlifting being interviewed by famous Soviet media personalities before the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Front row (left to right):...
On the cover photo from the Lift Up: History in Color series, legendary David Rigert is preparing for the 210kg clean-and jerk lift at the 1975 World Championship in Moscow. I think the original black-and-white...