Happy Easter From Florida!
Happy Easter to all celebrating today! Cheers from Jacksonville, Florida!
Happy Easter to all celebrating today! Cheers from Jacksonville, Florida!
History in Color: July 29, 1961, London, United Kingdom – Weightlifting Olympians and guest athletes of the British Amateur Weight Lifters’ Association (BAWLA) Jubilee Championships are waiting for their turn to appear at the...
Remembering Yury Vlasov (1935-2021) History in Color: September 10, 1960, Rome, Italy – 24-year old super heavyweight Yury Vlasov of Moscow, Russia, USSR brings into a spotlight his coach Suren Bogdasarov after a gold...
Legendary Yury Vlasov passed away in the morning of February 13, 2021 in Moscow, Russia. Just a couple of months ago we celebrated his 85th Birthday and now the sad news that he is...
February 4, 2021 – Happy 80th Birthday to Kaarlo Kangasniemi! Olympic champion Kaarlo Kangasniemi of Pori, Finland is a true legend of Olympic weightlifting. 3x Finnish Olympian, author of 17 world records, Kaarlo Kangasniemi...
January 12, 2021 – A true legend of Olympic weightlifting, 2x Olympic Champion, 6x World Champion, author of many remarkable world records, U.S. heavyweight John Davis (1921-1984) would have been celebrating his 100th birthday...
January 10, 2021 – Happy Birthday to Anatoly Pisarenko! One of the most memorable super heavyweight champions of the 1980s turns 63 today. History in Color: May 23, 1982, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, USSR – 24-year...
It’s official now! On January 1, the New Year has arrived in time to the Christmas Village in Ponte Vedra, Florida. The 2021st has departed with us aboard and with our loud cheers and...
It’s not a snow on the cover card but a sand on the beach this morning 🙂 It’s 76F or 24C in Florida! Anyway, nothing fake comes from here to all: Really Happy New...
Remembering Olympic weightlifting legends, athletes, coaches, administrators and many more, that we lost in 2020. In Memoriam 2020 Patrick BASSEY , Nigeria 1957 – 2020 Pavel SYRCHIN, Soviet Union 1957 – 2020 Gyorgy REHUS UZOR, Hungary 1946...