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1964 Olympians Ernesto Varona (Cuba) and Viktor Kurentsov (USSR) in Tokyo
November 7, 2020: Happy 80th Birthday to Cuban heavyweight champion and Olympian Ernesto Varona! History in Color: Tokyo, Japan, October 1964 – Cuban Olympian Ernesto Varona visits an outdoor training camp of Team USSR...
Moscow Wins the 1946 USSR Team Championships
History in Color: December 24, 1946, Gorky, Russia, USSR –Weightlifting Team Moscow wins the 1st place at the 1946 USSR Team Championships in Gorky (left to right): Team Captain Grigory Novak (Soviet Wings, Moscow,...
Team Canada and Miracle of Nature
History in Color: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, November 1956 – Members of the Canadian Olympic weightlifting team are sharing the training hall with Paul Anderson, legendary U.S. superheavyweght, also known as Miracle of Nature, during...
Coaches and Athletes: Akop Faradzhan and Vartan Militosyan (Armenia, USSR)
November 2, 2020 – Outstanding Soviet Armenian athlete and coach Akop Faradzhan (1930-1996) would have turned 90 today. Happy Birthday and Rest in Peace to a true Maestro of Olympic weightlifting! The History in...
The Art of Self-Isolation Weightlifting Style: Lee James (USA)
October 31, 2020 – Happy Birthday to Lee James (USA)! He turned 67 today. History in Color: Mexico City, Mexico, 1975 – Light heavyweight Lee James of Team USA prepares for his attempt in...