Schemansky Goes For Another Record
History in Color: Norbert Schemansky just became an Olympic champion in the 90kg class and set a new world record in clean-and-jerk (177.5kg). Now, he goes for another world record in his 4th attempt.
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Paul Anderson in LA
History in Color: Legendary super heavyweight champion Paul Anderson of Team USA Weightlifting is performing back squats in LA.
Stogov
History in Color: Vladimir Stogov of Team USSR presses 105kg in the 56kg class. The lift takes place during the USA vs. USSR weightlifting match in May 1958 in Chicago, IL.
Victor Sots
History in Color Series: Victor Sots (b. 1958) of Donetsk, Ukraine, USSR is completing the clean-and-jerk lift. Victor Sots was one of the strongest lifters in the 100kg class in the early 1980s. He won...
Before the Lift
History in Color Series: Vladimir Ryzhenkov of the Dynamo Moscow begins his famous walk to the weight. This time he is about to clean-and-jerk 192.5kg in the light heavyweight class at the 1973 USSR...
Zakharevich
History in Color: 18-year old Yury Zakharevich competes at his first national championship. The original photo was taken during the 1981 USSR Championship in Novosibirsk, Russia. Zakharevich competed in the 90kg class and took...
Berger and Udodov
History in Color: Olympic champions Isaac Berger (60kg, USA) and Ivan Udodov (56kg, USSR) are having a good time in Melbourne, Australia before the beginning of the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Chetin
History in Color Series: Gennady Chetin of Perm, Russia is completing the 110kg snatch lift in the 56kg class at the 1971 USSR Spatakiad Games in Moscow Gennady Chetin (1943-2002) competed in the bantamweight class....
First Attempt in 1980
History in Color Series: Sultan Rakhmanov completes his first attempt in the snatch of the 185kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Sultan did perfect 6 in 6 that night in Moscow and...
Beginning the Snatch Lift
History in Color series: Olympic champion and author of 41 world records, Yurik Vardanyan of Leninakan (Gyumry), Armenia is beginning the snatch lift.
