In Deep Thoughts
The strongest man on the planet, Vasily Alexeev (1942-2011) is in deep thoughts on this cover photo from the History in Color series. Alexeev dominated the super heavyweight class in the 1970s, made 80 corrections...
The strongest man on the planet, Vasily Alexeev (1942-2011) is in deep thoughts on this cover photo from the History in Color series. Alexeev dominated the super heavyweight class in the 1970s, made 80 corrections...
Olympic champion Rudolf Ismayr (1908-1998) of Germany is snatching squat style outdoors in the 1930s. He won the gold Olympic medal in the middleweight in Los Angeles (1932) and the silver medal in Berlin...
Early Olympians of Czechoslovakia, Vaclav Psenicka Sr. (left) and Jaroslav Skobla in 1932. Vaclav Psenicka (1906-1961) competed in three Olympics (1928, 1932, 1936). He won silver medals in Los Angeles (1932) and in Berlin...
David Rigert of Team CCCP Weightlifting performs a “barefoot snatch” in training. From the History in Color series at Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski.
Olympic Champion Peter Korol (1941-2015) of Dynamo Lvov, Ukraine performs front squats while training with the national Team CCCP Weightlifting before the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. From the History in Color series at...
Olympic Champion Jaan Talts of Estonia and Team CCCP weightlifting just finished the clean part of the lift. From the History in Color series at Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski. Previously in the History in Color...
World Champion and author of 12 world records, Vladimir Ryzhenkov (1948-2011) of Dynamo Moscow and Team CCCP Weightlifting during the training session. Ryzhenkov was one of the world most impressive and brightest stars in...
On the cover: Heated pep-talk in our weightlifting gym before the Championship of Moscow in the early 1980s. My coach Vladimir Glyadkovsky (on the left) gives some strategic input on upcoming competitions. I am...
Members of Team Czechoslovakia Weightlifting gathered for a group shot before going to the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Left to right: Top row: Emil Brzoska (Head coach), Ota Zaremba (gold, 100kg), Bohuslav Braum...
Members of Team CCCP Weightlifting perform an anthropometry session in the training camp in the late 1970s. Left to right: Sergey Arakelov (100kg, Krasnodar, Russia), Sultan Rakhnamov (110+kg, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine), Valery Shary (90kg, Minsk,...