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History in Color: An interesting group photo of the top Soviet Olympic weightlifters and coaches from the family archives of Vasily Denisov, one of the Team USSR top candidates in the 75kg weight class...
History in Color: The cover photo pictures Khristo Plachkov of Team Bulgaria performing snatch lift in the 1970s. Khristo Plachkov (1953-2009) of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria was truly a legend in the history of Olympic weightlifting....
History in Color Series: July 30, 1983, Moscow, USSR – Sub heavyweight Victor Sots of Donetsk, Ukraine is cleaning 227.5kg in his second attempt in the 100kg class at the 1983 USSR Spartakiade and...
History in Color: Melbourne, Australia, November 1956 – U.S. Olympic champions in weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne gathered for a memory group photo (left to right): Isaac Berger (60kg, gold medal),...
History in Color: November 24, 1956, Melbourne, Australia – Olympic medal winners in the 75kg class at the 1956 Summer Olympics are showing their medals earned in Melbourne (left to right): Peter George (USA,...
History in Color: August 30, 1972, Munich, Germany – Lightweight Mladen Kuchev of Team Bulgaria competes in the snatch lifting in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. At the...
History in Color: September 28, 1969, Warsaw, Poland – 25-year old super heavyweight Joe Dube of Jacksonville, FL lifts 212.5kg in his last clean-and-jerk attempt and wins a gold medal at the 1969 World...
History in Color: Fergana, Uzbekistan, 1983 – World records holder, Olympic and World vice champion Alexander Pervy of Donetsk, Ukraine is training with Team USSR in Fergana, Uzbekistan before the 1983 World Championships in...
Fifty years ago, two legendary heavyweights shook hands and said “Good morning!” to each other. The next day, they competed for the heavyweight World title in Warsaw, Poland. It was one of the most...
History in Color: September 16, 1975, Moscow, Russia – Team Bulgaria head coach Ivan Abadzhiev prepares bantamweight Atanas Kirov for his next lift in the 56kg class at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow....
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