Weightlifting Americana: Ike Berger at the Venice Beach
History in Color: Venice Beach, California, 1960 – Olympic champion Isaac “Ike” Berger showcases the magic of Olympic weightlifting classics at the Venice Beach, CA.
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Valery Yakubovsky: 1971 USSR Spartakiade
History in Color: July 23, 1971, Moscow, Russia – Heavyweight Valery Yakubovsky of the Dynamo Moscow team competes in the 110kg competitions at the 1971 USSR Championships and Spartakiade at the CSKA Weightlifting Arena...
Anatoly Kozlov: Preparing for the Lift in 1975
History in Color: Kholmsk, Russia, USSR, February 1975 – Junior middle heavyweight Anatoly Kozlov of the Vodnik Club is getting ready for his lift in the 90kg weight class at the 1975 Championship of...
1972 Summer Olympics: And the Heavyweight Winners Are…
History in Color: September 4, 1972, Munich, Germany – Heavyweight winners receive their Olympic medals at the ceremony in the 110kg weight class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (left to right): Alexander...
Unsung Heroes: Valentin Kuzmin (USSR, Russia)
History in Color: July 24, 1971, Moscow, Russia – 22-year old super heavyweight Valentin Kuzmin of Volgograd, Russia competes in the snatch program in the 110kg weight class at the 1971 USSR Championships and...
Happy Birthday to Brian Strange of Great Britain!
January 29, 2020 – British Olympian and weightlifting champion of the 1970s, Brian Strange turns 66. Happy Birthday, Champ!
Once Upon a Time in Los Angeles
History in Color: July 1984, Los Angeles, CA, USA – 29-year old light heavyweight Robert Kabbas of Team Australia is performing a snatch lift in the training hall before the beginning of the weightlifting...
Fedor Bogdanovsky (USSR): Split-Style Snatching in Stockholm, 1958
History in Color: September 19, 1958, Stockholm, Sweden – Fedor Bogdanovsky, 28-year old middleweight of Leningrad, Russia performs a split-style snatch in the 75kg class at the 1958 World and European Championships in Stockholm....
Group Hug of the Heavyweights (1961)
History in Color: March 11, 1961, Moscow, Russia – Olympic champion Yury Vlasov greets the strongest heavyweights after the end of the 90+kg weight class competition at the 1961 Prize of Moscow invitational tournament...
1972 Summer Olympics: And the Middleweight Winners Are…
History in Color: August 31, 1972, Munich, Germany – Best middleweights receive their awards at the medal ceremony in the 75kg weight class at the 1972 Summer Olympics (left to right): Mohamed Traboulsi (Lebanon,...
