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History in Color: July 25, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – 29-year old featherweight Nikolay Saxonov of Svedlovsk, Russia competes for Team USSR in the 60kg weight class at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. In...
History in Color: October 1946, York, PA, USA – of the most memorable U.S. weightlifting teams that was sent to Europe and won the 1946 World Championship in Paris, France: Left to right: Front...
History in Color: August 3, 1967, Moscow, Russia, USSR – Top super heavyweights’ lineup of the winners in the 102.5+kg weight class at the 1967 USSR Spartakiade and the 1967 USSR Championships in Moscow...
History in Color: May 18, 1980, Moscow, Russia – Soviet super heavyweights receive their medals in the 110+kg class at the 1980 USSR Championships in Moscow (left to right): Anatoly Pisarenko (silver medal, Dinamo...
History in Color: December 12, 1962, Tallinn, Estonia, USSR – Bantamweight Stepan Ulyanov of Alma Ata, Kazakhstan competes for Team Lokomotiv in the 56kg class at the 1962 USSR Team Championships in Tallinn. Stepan...
History in Color: Kiev, Ukraine, USSR, est. late 1970s – Legendary super heavyweight Anatoly Pisarenko and his coach Mikhail Kemel are caught on camera during the training session at the Dynamo training hall in...
History in Color: August 14, 1991, Donetsk, Ukraine – USSR national medalists in the 82.5kg class at the 1991 USSR Spartakiade and 1991 USSR Championships in Donetsk (left to right): Alexander Blyshchik (Ukraine, silver...
History in Color: July 28, 1967, Moscow, Russia, USSR – Featherweight Vladimir Lee competes in the 60kg weight class at the 1967 USSR Spartakiade and USSR Championships. Vladimir Lee competed for Team Uzbekistan and...
History in Color: Rome, Italy, September 1960 – Soviet weightlifting champions Arkady Vorobyev and Yury Vlasov are being seen in front of the Capitoline Wold statue while walking on the streets of Rome during...
History in Color : July 27, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – 28-year old Norbert Schemansky of Detroit, Michigan, USA competes in the snatch on his way to the Olympic gold in the 90kg weight class...
Nikolay Saxonov: 1952 Summer Olympics (Helsinki)
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