Norbert Schemansky: Olympic Honors
Norbert Schemansky is no longer with us. He died last night. He is no longer with us and he will always be with us. There are videos, photos, stories told by those who knew...
Norbert Schemansky is no longer with us. He died last night. He is no longer with us and he will always be with us. There are videos, photos, stories told by those who knew...
Winning the Olympics At Any Cost Is a Must Everybody talks about doping and cheating in sports now. It’s a hot issue for the media, for sports officials, for athletes… For everybody. It’s not...
What Happens in Russia Stays in Russia… All of a sudden everybody became doping experts. The mystery behind all phenomenal records and titles and championships has been revealed. It’s all about the dope, man!...
It’s one of those weeks. Loaded with tasks, deadlines, milestones, communication meetings. New code. Old code. Re-writes. Sometimes you feel powerful and important. Sometimes – helpless and puzzled. You are on the mission. The...
Two world records and two Olympic records were set in Rio tonight in the 77KG weightclass. Xiaojun Lyu (China) snatched 177KG and Nijat Rakhimov (Kazakhstan) clean-and-jerked 214 KG. Rakhimov bypassed the current cj record...
What can we say? No more tea with meldonium for breakfast! Happy Wednesday to all!
Performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in Olympic sports are not new at all. Ancient Greek Olympians used hallucinogenic mushrooms for mental preparation to the competitions and sesame seeds to increase endurance. In the late 1800s, European...
Inspired by the geek pokemoniacs chase of monsters in Marblehead, our Bernie took the challenge his way. No iPhone. No Android. Pure magic of smile and reality. He loved hunting the monsters!
The IWF Executive Board decided today to ban the Russian Weightlifting Federation from recommending/entering/participating with athletes and Technical Official at Rio Olympic Games 2016. The decision is effective as of today… Ouch. It does...
According to Alexander Zhukov, President of Russian Olympic Committee, the Russian weightlifting team in Rio might consist of 3 athletes. This is the smallest team ever to represent the weightlifters of the USSR or...