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Boris Selitsky, Olympic champion, World and European champion, USSR National and USSR Spartakiade champion, winner of the USSR Cup and world records holder of St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia turned 80 today! On behalf of...
Happy 40th Anniversary of the world record and Happy Birthday to Vladimir Kononov! History in Color: September 17, 1978, Dubna, Russia– Soviet sub heavyweight Vladimir Kononov of Samara (Kuybyshev), Russia sets two world records...
It always starts light and easy. Can’t be said better than by Marilyn Monroe herself in the History in Color series.
The History in Color series features a color version view of conversation between two legends of Team USA, Bob Bednarski and Norb Schemansky at the weightlifting gym in Detroit. The original photo was published...
Happy Birthday to Legendary Rudolf Plukfelder! According to most resources he was born on September 6, 1928. According to people close to him, he was actually born in 1927. His papers were lost during...
The History in Color series presents a group shot of the best heavyweights of Team USA in the 1950s. Actually, those were the best heavyweights not only of the USA but the whole world...
The black-and-white original for this History in Color photo of Olympic champion Jan Talts of Tallinn, Estonia was marked as “Jan Talts and friends in the restaurant in Tallinn. April 1968”. Not sure about...
History in Color: October 27, 1951, Milan, Italy – Legendary Peter George of Akron, USA wins the World title in style in the 75kg class at the 1951 World Championships in Milan. Prior to...
History in Color: October 14, 1955, Munich, Germany – Legendary Olympic weightlifter Tommy Kono of Team USA wins the light heavyweight gold medal at the 1955 World Championships in Munich. It was the 3rd...
History in Color: December 20, 1981, Donetsk, Ukraine – The athletes of the 100kg class are lined up for the introduction ceremony at the 1981 USSR Cup in Donetsk, Ukraine (left to right): Akhmad...
