Happy Birthday, Mr. Gretzky!
Wayne Gretzky turned 55 today! The Great One is 55!!!! The “Now Everyone Can Be Gretzky” campaign from 2005 pictured on this ad does capture the spirit in 2016. Now Everyone Can Be Gretzky!!!...
Category: Sports History
Balderis vs Holecek in 1976
USSR vs. Czechoslovakia, April 17, 1976 WC-1976, Katowice, Poland. Team USSR vs. CSSR. One of the all time greatest rivalries in the history of world hockey. Helmut Balderis is 23 years old. This is...
Weightlifting Anonymous
The good old Olympic weightlifting times are over. Those were glorious days of big battles on the competition platform. In the past, champion athletes lifted more than their opponents. Then, the happy medalists stepped...
Helmut Balderis: Special Photo Digest [#EverybodyLovesBalderis]
Balderisomania never stops at Chidlovski.Com! As our tribute to Helmut Balderis at Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski, this is a special presentation featuring photography, graphics, collages, cards and other memorabilia dedicated to the legendary hockey player. Click on...
Leonid Zhabotinsky (1938-2016)
Legendary Soviet Olympic weightlifter, the strongest man in the world in the 1960s, Leonid Zhabotinsky died in Zaporozhye, Ukraine on January 14, 2016. He was 77. Zhabotinsky set 19 world records and won two...
Absolute Mesmerizer
If you are from Boston… If you are a fan of Boston Bruins… If you are a fan of Bobby Orr… Or, simply, if you love hockey, you will understand… Looping animation keep us...
Alex Ovechkin scores his 500th goal in the NHL
In less than 24 hours after scoring his #499, Alex Ovechkin scored his 500th goal in the NHL. It happened in the Ottawa vs. Washington game, when Ovechkin wrist shot passed by the...
499th For Alex Ovechkin
The most North American player style wise ever to come from Russia, Alex Ovechkin scored a game-winning goal in the overtime of the Washington vs. New York Rangers game. It was the 499th goal...
Balderisomania Never Stops Here [#EverybodyLovesBalderis]
As part of our world wide Balderisomania, we’ve launched the new #EverybodyLovesBalderis. Join us to share memories of the greatest hockey player of all times and nations! Add pictures, films, articles or any other...
Entering the Platform
One of the oldest Olympic sports, weightlifting is pretty ritualistic. Memories of the great lifts consists of these rituals and routine moves of huge significance. Here goes the strongest man on the planet Earth,...
