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History in Color: October 15, 1950, Paris, France – 35-year old heavyweight, Yakov Kutsenko of Kiev, Ukraine competes for Team USSR at the 1950 World Championships in Paris. It was the last tournament that...
History in Color: November 24, 1956, Melbourne, Australia – Legendary Peter George of Team USA competes in the 75kg class at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne and wins his 3rd Olympic medal at...
History in Color: July 25, 1976, Montreal, Canada – 35 year-old legend of Finnish weightlifting, Jaakko Kailajarvi of Tampere, Finland competes at his 4th Olympic tournament in the 90kg class at the 1976 Summer...
History in Color: July 28, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 21-year old light heavyweight Anatoly Khrapaty of the Army club (Alma Ata) competes for Team Kazakhstan at the 1983 USSR Spatakiade in Moscow. Khrapaty won...
History in color: August 2, 1979, Leningrad, Russia – One of the best Soviet heavyweights of the late 1970s, Sergey Arakelov of Krasnodar, Russia is preparing for the lift in the 110kg class at...
History in Color: July 27, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – John Davis of NYC, NY, USA just won his second Olympic medal in the 90+kg class and now he is being joined by his teammates,...
History in Color: July 25, 1976, Montreal, Canada – Phil Grippaldi of Team USA competes in the snatch program in the 90kg class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Phil Grippaldi was almost...
History in Color: December 20, 1981, Donetsk, Ukraine – The athletes of the 100kg class are lined up for the introduction ceremony at the 1981 USSR Cup in Donetsk, Ukraine (left to right): Akhmad...
History in Color: July 25, 1976, Montreal, Canada – 22-year old middle heavyweight Lee James of Team USA wins a silver Olympic medal in the 90kg class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....
The History in Color features a group shot of the strongest heavyweights of the late 1960s – early 1970s gathered in one room during the 1970 World Championships in Columbus, Ohio, USA (left to...
20 Aug, 2018
Yakov Kutsenko at the 1950 World Championships
20 Aug, 2018
Anatoly Khrapaty (USSR and Kazakhstan)
19 Aug, 2018
2 May, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
12 May, 2015
28 Sep, 2015
1 May, 2016
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