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History in Color: March 16, 1978, Moscow, Russia – Junior flyweight Anton Kodzhabashev of Burgas, Bulgaria performs a snatch lift at the 1978 Friendship Cup in Moscow. Anton Kodzhabashev (b. 1959) went on to...
History in Color: August 29, 1953, Stockholm, Sweden – 23-year old U.S. middleweight Tommy Kono just set a world record in clean-and-jerk the officials are conducting the weigh-in procedure with the new record holder...
This is not me. This is a quote from the “Three Sisters” by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. On the History in Color cover photo, Olympic Team USA Weightlifting 1980 prior to the 1980 Summer...
History in Color: Super heavyweight Sultan Rakhmanov (right) of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, and the head coach of Team CCCP Igor Kudykov during the training in March 1979.
History in Color: Legendary Soviet athlete David Rigert of Shakhty, Russia is training to compete at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Note: While enhancing the original black-and-white photo to color, I had no...
History in Color: September 1981 – 23-year old Anatoly Pisarenko of the Dynamo club in Kiev, Ukraine, is getting ready to compete for Team CCCP in the super heavyweight class at the 1981 World...
The History in Color cover photo presents a candid shot of casual conversation between two coaches, Ivan Abadzhiev (Bulgaria, right) and Alexander Prilepin (CCCP) during the 1982 World Championships in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. Obviously, the...
History in Color: One of the brightest young athletes of the Soviet and international Olympic weightlifting, middleweight Alexander Pervy (1960-1985) of the Army club in Donetsk, Ukraine competes at the 1979 USSR Cup in...
The History in Color presents a color version of the photo of young Hungarian athlete Gyozo Veres practicing a clean-and-jerk lift outdoors. As we all know, Veres became one of the best weightlifters in...
History in Color: September 20, 1975, Moscow, Russia – 22-year old light heavyweight Trendafil Stoichev of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria wins a silver medal at the 1975 World Championship in Moscow. Trendafil Stoichev (b. 1953) was...
