Do Biceps Matter in Olympic Weightlifting?
Hm… Sometimes. The History in Color photo shows American weightlifting legends featherweight Isaak Berger and super heavyweight Jim Bradford who might convince you that big biceps is super cool!
Hm… Sometimes. The History in Color photo shows American weightlifting legends featherweight Isaak Berger and super heavyweight Jim Bradford who might convince you that big biceps is super cool!
History in Color: September 29, 1988, Seoul, South Korea – Soviet super heavyweight Alexander Kurlovich (1961-2018) of Grodno, Belarus gives an interview to the reporters after winning a gold medal in the 110+kg weight...
History in Color features one of the most memorable Olympic weightlifters of all times Blagoy Blagoev of Team Bulgaria. Blagoy Blagoev (b. 1956) needs no special introduction for true followers of the Iron Game....
History in Color: September 29, 1974 , Manila, Philippines – 21-year old super heavyweight Khristo Plachkov of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria snatches 180kg and wins a silver medal in the snatch program of the 1974 World...
History in Color: October 31, 1983, Moscow, Russia – One of the best super heavyweights of the 1980s, Antonio Krastev of Team Bulgaria battles for the medal in the 110+kg class at the 1983...
The History in Color cover photo depicts one of the best Finnish weightlifters 0f the 1970s Juhani Avellan competing at one of the meets between Team Finland and Team Sweden. Juhani Avellan (1945-2004) was...
History in Color: Legendary Tony Terlazzo of York Barbell is preparing to battle for his first Olympic medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in July 1932 in Los Angeles, USA. Anthony (Tony) Terlazzo (1911-1966)...
History in Color: September 19, 1977, Stuttgart, Germany – 19-year old rookie featherweight Yanko Rusev of Team Bulgaria clean-and-jerks a world record 165kg in the 4th attempt after winning a silver medal in the...
History in Color: Legendary American weightlifter Tommy Kono solely and proudly represents Team USA at the opening ceremony of the invitational international tournament Cup of Moscow in 1958. Thousands of Iron Game fans in...
History in Color: Karoly Ecser (1931-2005) was the strongest Hungarian super heavyweight of the 1960s. He was a part of the famous “Magnificent Seven” team that propelled Hungary to one of the best weightlifting...