Tagged: History In Color

History in Color: August 1, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 23-year old super heavyweight Victor Mosibit competes for Team Uzbekistan in the 110+kg weight class at the 1983 USSR Championships and 1983 USSR Spartakiade held...

History in Color: Sergey Arakelov of the Spartak Club, Krasnodar, Russia competes at the 1978 USSR Championship in Kiev, Ukraine. Arakelov won the title in the 100 kg class with the 392.5 kg total...

History in Color: Yurik Vardanyan, the legend of Olympic weightlifting of the world. Competed for Team CCCP and Gyumri (Leninakan), Armenia. Special thanks for the original b/w photo sent to us by Rolf Eberhard...

History in Color: One of the stars of Georgian Olympic weightlifting of the 1960s, world record setter in the heavyweight class, Alexander Dzhedzhelava is competing in the press lift at the 1968 USSR tournament.

History in Color: David Rigert of Shakhty Russia is preparing for lifting at the 1973 USSR championship in Donetsk.

History in Color: One of the most impressive super heavyweights in the history of Olympic weightlifting, Anatoly Pisarenko of Kiev, Ukraine competes at the 1986 USSR Cup in Lipetsk, Russia. This was a big...