Category: Photography
Boris Pavlov: Lima (1971)
History in Color: Boris Pavlov (1947-2008) of Donetsk, Ukraine was the World Champion (1971), European Champion (1972) and USSR Champion (1972) in the light heavyweight class (82.5kg). His strongest lift was clean-and-jerk. He set...
Valery Shary In the Late 1960s
Champion of the 1976 Summer Olympics, Valery Shary of Minsk, Belarus cleans the weight at one of the competitions in the late 1960s. So far, I wasn’t able to identify the tournament. My initial...
Alym Achichaev
History in Color: Alym Achichaev was one of the best Soviet athletes in the 100kg weight class in the late 1970s. He won the USSR championship in 1976, the USSR Cup in 1975 and...
Bob Bednarski: The 8th Wonder of the World
Robert “Bob” Bednarski of Team USA was one of the most exciting and fun to watch Olympic weightlifters in the 1960s. He won the World Championship in 1969 and was the silver medalist in...
Mr. Cardinal Is A Little Worried
Our backyard visitors are a little concerned. “Snow storm in Mid March, huh?” Mr. Cardinal is a little worried. These guys don’t watch TV or listen to weather forecast. Some already came back from...
Snow Storm In March
Just a quick snapshot from the porch of the on-going snow storm in our area. We didn’t get that much snow so far but it’s very windy, cold and wet outside. The ocean behind...
Six World Records In One Night
The Lift Up: History in Color series continues… There were two months left before the beginning of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Yury Vlasov broke 6 (six !!!) world records in Podolsk, Russia...
Oh No… It’s Snow Again!
“Oh no!!!!” Mr. Cardinal kept chirping in our backyard this morning. “It’s snow again!” The news about upcoming snow storm caught our little fellas off guard. Not only them, I guess.