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History in Color: July 11, 1975, Vilnius, Lithuania – 27-year old super heavyweight giant Aslanbek Yenaldiev is being introduced as a contender in the 110+kg class at the 1975 USSR Spartakiade and 1975 USSR...
History in Color: October 10, 1954, Vienna, Austria – 24-year old Tommy Kono of the United States clean-and-jerks 172.5 kg and sets new world records in clean-and-jerk and total (435kg) in the 82.5kg weight...
Sad news about one of the weightlifting greats came from the United States. Two-time World super heavyweight champion and world records holder, Antonio Krastev died in a car crash in Minnesota. He was 58....
History in Color: Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, Spring 1979 –Olympic champion Valery Shary, middle heavyweight from Minsk, Belarus, is training with the other top candidates to compete at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow during the...
History in Color: July 9, 1975, Vilnius, Lithuania – Legendary Soviet weightlifter David Rigert of Shakhty, Russia competes in the 90kg class at the 1975 USSR Spartakiade and 1975 USSR Championships in Vilnius. 28-year...
History in Color: York, PA, USA, Fall 1954 – U.S. Weightlifting Team is on its way to the 1954 World Championships in Vienna, Austria (left to right): Clarence Johnson (team manager), NA, John Terpak...
History in Color: March 4, 1972, Ulm, Germany – Lightweight Mladen Kuchev of Team Bulgaria performs a press lift in the 67.5kg weight class at the pre-Olympic international tournament in Ulm, Germany. Six months...
History in Color: October 21, 1983 – Moscow, Russia – 16-year old Naim Suleymanov of Bulgaria sets a new world record (290kg in total) during the competition in the 56kg weight class at the...
History in Color: March 4, 1972, Ulm, Germany – U.S. middleweight Russ Knipp competes in the 75kg weight class at the pre-Olympic international tournament in Ulm, Germany. 2x U.S. Olympian Russ Knipp (1942-2006) of...
History in Color: August 6, 1971, Lubeck, Germany – Legend of Finnish weightlifting, Jaakko Kailajarvi of Tampere, Finland competes in the 90kg class at the 1971 Baltic Cup in Lubeck. Jaakko Kailajarvi (b. 1941)...
In Loving Memory of Sue Chidlovski (1942-2020)
25 Jul, 2020
Tommy Kono (USA) Sets World Records in Vienna
13 Jul, 2020
Antonio Krastev (Bulgaria, 1961-2020)
10 Jul, 2020
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Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
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