Oscar Chaplin III, USA (1980-2022)
February 5, 2022 – Iconic athlete of the U.S. Olympic weightlifting of the late 1990s and 2000s U.S., Oscar Chaplin III of Savannah, GA died at 41. Oscar Chaplin III was a true American...
February 5, 2022 – Iconic athlete of the U.S. Olympic weightlifting of the late 1990s and 2000s U.S., Oscar Chaplin III of Savannah, GA died at 41. Oscar Chaplin III was a true American...
February 8, 2022 – Olympic champion Israil Arsamakov celebrated his 60th Birthday! Israil Arsamakov is a Soviet Olympian who won the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and became the first weightlifter from the Chechen-Ingushetia...
January 31, 2022 – One of the strongest super heavyweights of the 1970s, Petr Pavlasek of Czech Republic celebrated his 75th Birthday. Petr Pavlasek was a 2x Olympian for Czechoslovakia and competed for his...
January 30, 2022 – Outstanding Olympic weightlifting referee Sergey Artamonov celebrates his 85th Birthday today! Sergey Artamonov served as an official at the national and international IWF competitions for decades and without any doubts...
January 21, 2022 – One of the best Soviet featherweights of the 1960s – early 1970s, world record holder, 2x USSR champion, USSR Cup winner, Erkin Karimov of Uzbekistan turns 80. Erkin Karimov (b....
Just a few photos of our local birds in Ponte Vedra Beach taken during an afternoon walk in January 2022: On the cover, Snowy Egret greets a Mottled Duck in a local pond. Northern...
There is no snow in Florida in January. There are plenty of snowy egrets though. As seen in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL in January 2022.
History in Color: March 15, 1963, Moscow, Russia, USSR – Soviet featherweight Eugene Katsura of Kazan, Russia performs a split-style snatch in the 60kg class at the 1963 Prize of Moscow International tournament in...
History in Color: USSR Training Hall, 1962 – Legends of the Soviet and World Olympic weightlifting, a 24-year old super heavyweight Leonid Zhabotinsky and a 32-year old bantamweight Vladimir Stogov are having a friendly...