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History in Color: September 1, 1981, Podolsk, Russia – With two weeks left to the opening of the 1981 World Championships in Lille, France, legendary light heavyweight Yurik Vardanyan of Leninakan (Gyumry), Armenia is...
History in Color: On September 10, 1960, legendary heavyweight Yury Vlasov of Team USSR became an Olympic champion in the 90+kg class in Rome, Italy. The black-and-white original for this History in Color photo...
History in Color: October 16, 1964, Tokyo, Japan – 27-year old middle heavyweight Lazar Baroga of Sibiu, Romania competes in the 90kg weight class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Lazar Baroga...
History in Color: June 20, 1968, Leningrad, USSR – 34-year old lightweight Balas Fitzi of Cluj, Romania performs a press lift in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1968 European Championships at the Winter...
History in Color: August 29, 1953, Stockholm, Sweden – Light heavyweight winners receive their medals for the 82.5kg weight class at the 1953 World Championships in Stockholm (left to right): Trofim Lomakin (USSR, silver...
History in Color: November 26, 1956, Melbourne, Australia – One of the best heavyweights in the world of the 1950s, Humberto Selvetti of Argentina competes in the 90+kg class at the 1956 Summer Olympics in...
History in Color: October 25, 1983, Moscow, Russia – Olympic champion, legendary Yanko Rusev of Team Bulgaria competes in a clean-and-jerk program in the 67.5kg class at the 1983 World Championships at the Izmaylovo...
History in Color: July 26, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – Olympic medal winners in the 75kg weight class of the weightlifting tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki (left to right): Gerry Gratton (Canada,...
The original for the cover History in Color photo was a black-and-white from the photo archives of a legendary bantamweight of the 1950s Ivan Udodov (left to right): Arkady Vorobyev of Yekaterinburg, Russia, Ivan...
This was the first post-WWII national championship in the USSR. Most of the champions were World War 2 veterans. Many of the champions didn’t win the titles after the war because they never came...
Happy 75th Birthday to Jaan Talts!
18 May, 2019
Lazar Baroga (Romania): Tokyo, 1964
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Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
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