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History in Color: April 9, 1972, Budapest, Hungary– Light heavyweight Rumen Rusev of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, snatches 156kg and sets a new world record during the competitions in the 82.5kg class at the Danube...
History in Color: September 16, 1975, Moscow, Russia– Best bantamweight athletes receive their medals in the 56kg weight class at the 1975 World Championships (left to right): Waldemar Korcz (Poland, silver medal), Atanas Kirov...
History in Color: July 27, 1976, Montreal, Canada – 20-year old super star of Bulgarian weightlifting, Valentin Khristov goes for 225kg in his 2nd clean-and-jerk attempt in the 110kg weight class at the 1976...
The History in Color series features a color version of the photo portrait of legendary Bulgarian weightlifter Ivan Veselinov. Ivan Veselinov (1926-1996) of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria was one of the best and most known Bulgarian...
History in Color: September 26, 1971, Lima, Peru – The super heavyweights receive their medals in the 110kg class tournament at the 1971 World Championships in Lima (left to right): Ivan Atanasov (Bulgaria, bronze...
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...
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,...
History in Color: July 25, 1976, Montreal, Canada – Best middle heavyweights receive their awards at the medal ceremony in the 90kg weight class and salute to Montreal, the city that hosted the 1976...
The day of December 28, 2019 marks the 10th Anniversary of the death of legendary super heavyweight lifter Khristo Plachkov (1953-2009) of Bulgaria. He was truly a legend in the history of Olympic weightlifting....
History in Color: October 24, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 19-year old Stefan Topurov of Team Bulgaria sets a new world record in clean-and-jerk (180kg) in the 60kg weight class at the 1983 World Championships...
“Did you see my butt?” (SpongeBob Meme)
December 7, 2023
November 19, 2023
November 16, 2023
Jaan Talts: Lifting in the Late Period of His Career
November 15, 2023
Boris Pavlov Goes for a World Record in Minsk
November 11, 2023
May 2, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
May 12, 2015
September 28, 2015
May 1, 2016
May 1, 2017
