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History in Color: Team USSR Weightlifting at the 1950 World Championships in Paris (left to right): Top row: N/A (Team Administartor), Gennady Balashov (67.5kg), Yakov Kutsenko (82.5kg+), Konstantin Nazarov (USSR Weightlifting Federation, Chair), Vladimir...
History in Color: September 19, 1975, Moscow, Russia, USS6 – Junior middleweight Yordan Mitkov of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria competes in the snatch program in the 75kg weight class at the 1975 World and European Championships...
History in Color: December 13, 1978, Fergana, Uzbekistan, USSR – 24-year old lightweight Alexander Ayvazyan competes in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1978 USSR Cup in Fergana. Alexander Ayvazyan (1954-2020) was one of...
Sad news arrived from Hungary. Gyorgy Rehus Uzor passed away on August 2020. He was 74. Our condolences to the family and friends of Gyorgy Rehus Uzor. RIP, Champion! History in Color: July 25,...
It’s the 4th Anniversary today. Many more to come, dear friends!
The History in Color series features a photo of David Rigert, one of the most memorable and admired athletes for several generations of Olympic weightlifters and Iron Game fans. Rigert is being remembered by...
History in Color: August 27, 1972, Munich, West Germany – 28-year old flyweight Mohamad Arjomand Nasehi of Iran competes in the 52kg weight class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Nasehi finished with...
History in Color: March 4, 1972, Ulm, West Germany – U.S. middleweight Russ Knipp performs a press lift in the 75kg weight class at the pre-Olympic international tournament in Ulm, Germany. 2x U.S. Olympian...
History in Color: July 19, 1964, Kiev, Ukraine, USSR – 28-year old super heavyweight Victor Andreev of Lugansk, Ukraine bypasses the 500kg total and wins his first national medal at the 1964 USSR Championships...
Sue passed away this morning. She was the love of my life. She was my wife, friend, companion, inspiration. She passed away this morning in Jacksonville, FL. I am not used to the past...
March 20, 2023
Yurik Vardanyan: A Starry Night in Dnepropetrovsk (1982)
March 20, 2023
March 17, 2023
Happy Birthday to Robert Kabbas of Australia!
March 16, 2023
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May 2, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
May 12, 2015
September 28, 2015
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