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History in Color: December 19, 1976, Sverdlovsk, Russia – Medal ceremony for the 100kg weight class at the 1976 USSR Championships in clean-and-jerk (left to right): Anatoly Kozlov (Kholmsk, Russia, silver medal, 212.5kg), Vladimir...
History in Color: One of the top Soviet athletes of the 1960s, world record holder Viktor Shishov of Kiev, Ukraine performs a snatch lift in the national competitions in the Soviet Union. Viktor Shishov...
History in Color: December 17, 1977, Ryazan, Russia – Olympic champion David Rigert of Shakhty, Russia competes in the 100kg weight class and snatches the world record (176.5kg) at the 1977 USSR Cup in...
History in Color: Copenhagen, Denmark, 1954 – Olympic champion Peter George of Akron, United States competes at the exhibition tournament in Copenhagen.
History in Color: July 27, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – Olympic medal winners in the 82.5 class at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki (left to right): Stan Stanczyk (USA, silver medal, 415kg), Trofim Lomakin...
The History in Color cover photo of this article depicts one of the Ireland’s all-time best weightlifters, Frank Rothwell performing a 145kg press lift at the Collins Hall in his hometown, Clonmel (Ireland) in...
History in Color: 1972 Olympic champion in the middleweight class, Yordan Bikov of Pazardzhik, Bulgaria performs a snatch lift in a weightlifting meet in 1971. Yordan Bikov (b. 1952) became the second Bulgarian weightlifter...
History in Color: March 17, 1965, Moscow, Russia – 21-year old lightweight Ondrej Hekel of Team Czechoslovakia competes in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1965 Prize of Moscow international tournament in the USSR....
History in Color: March 22, 1981, Lvov, Ukraine – 27-year old super heavyweight Vladimir Marchuk of Moscow, Russia sets a new world record in the 110+kg class at the 1981 Friendship Cup in Lvov....
June 13, 2019 – Olympic vice champion Vartan Militosyan (1950-2015) of Armenia would have been 69 today. Happy Birthday to the great champion! The History in Color series features Vartan Militosyan as a cameraman...
USSR Cup: Medalists in the 100kg Class (1976)
23 Jun, 2019
Viktor Shishov (Ukraine, USSR)
22 Jun, 2019
Peter George (USA): Copenhagen, 1954
18 Jun, 2019
Light Heavyweight Olympic Medalists (1952)
18 Jun, 2019
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Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
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