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History in Color: 1975 Team USSR Weightlifting (Head coach Igor Kudyukov) in Feodosia (from the archives of P.Korol, left to right): 1st row: Vladimir Anikin (Riga, 56kg), Alexander Voronin (Kemerovo, 52kg), Valentin Mikhaylov (Voroshilovgrad,...
Time in sports goes fast. Weightlifting techniques change. Rules change. Weight classes change. Training methodologies change. Equipment change. Mental preparedness for the competition stays… The History in Color series features a view of Olympic...
The History in Color series features an athlete-and-coaches photo of legendary weightlifter Yurik Sarkisyan (USSR/Armenia/Australia) and his coach Felix Aliev. Yurik Sarkisyan (b. 1961) had a long and distinguished career in Olympic weightlifting. At...
History in Color: 1975 Team USSR Weightlifting (Head coach Igor Kudyukov) in the training in Feodosia (left to right): Front row: Alexander Voronin (Kemerovo, 52kg), x, Nikolay Kolesnikov (Rostov, 60kg), Vladimir Anikin (Riga, 56kg),...
History in Color: June 11, 1972, Detroit, MI, USA – Middle heavyweight Rick Hobrook of Team USA competes in the 90kg class at the 1972 AAU Senior National Championships and Final Olympic Trials in...
History in Color: Left to right: Vaclav Psenicka, Sr. (82.5+kg, silver), Vaclav Becvar (82.5kg+, 11), Josef Brumlik (82.5kg, 12), Josef Hantych (75kg, 10), Antonin Balda (67.5kg, 13), Jehka, Frantisek Simunek (60kg, 18)
History in Color: Front row: John Yamauchi (56kg), Dane Hussey (60kg), Dan Cantore (67.5), Jim Napier (75kg), Phil Grippaldi (90kg) Back row: Frank Bates (Coach), Murray Levin (Manager), Lee James (82.5), Frank Capsouras (90kg),...
History in Color: One of the best Czech weightlifters of the 1980s, Anton Baraniak competes for Team Czechoslovakia at the 1981 Panonnia Cup. Anton Baraniak (b. 1951) competed for Czechoslovakia at two Summer Olympics...
History in Color: The first Polish World Champion, Marian Zielinski is preparing for the lift. Marian Zielinski (1929-2005) was one of the best weightlifters in the world in the 1960s. He was the first...
History in Color: Weightlifters of the Dynamo Riga club at the training camp in Jekabpils, Latvia in 1971-1972 (left to right): E. Abrashov, Alexander Dynnikov, Juris Klavins, Karlis Pumpurins, Ansis Ziemanis The Dynamo Riga...
Happy 75th Birthday to Jaan Talts!
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Lazar Baroga (Romania): Tokyo, 1964
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Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
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