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History in Color: March 15, 1963, Moscow, Russia, USSR – Soviet featherweight Eugene Katsura of Kazan, Russia performs a split-style snatch in the 60kg class at the 1963 Prize of Moscow International tournament in...
History in Color: USSR Training Hall, 1962 – Legends of the Soviet and World Olympic weightlifting, a 24-year old super heavyweight Leonid Zhabotinsky and a 32-year old bantamweight Vladimir Stogov are having a friendly...
Minusinsk, Russia – Legendary Soviet Olympic weightlifter, Olympic champion, Viktor Mazin died at the age of 67. Viktor Mazin won the 1980 Summer Olympics in the featherweight class and, at 26, earned the highest...
With 3 months left to the Olympic tournament in Mexico City, three outstanding pressers managed to set world records in the mid heavyweight (90kg class) . Part 1. June 3, 1968, Rattvik, Sweden –...
With 3 months left to the Olympic tournament in Mexico City, three outstanding pressers managed to set world records in the mid heavyweight (90kg class) . Part 1. June 3, 1968, Rattvik, Sweden –...
With 3 months left to the Olympic tournament in Mexico City, three outstanding pressers managed to set world records in the mid heavyweight (90kg class) . Part 1. June 3, 1968, Rattvik, Sweden –...
Remembering Olympic weightlifting legends, athletes, coaches, administrators and many more, that we lost in 2021. In Memoriam 2021 Andreas BEHM, East Germany 1962 – 2021 Toivo KURG, Soviet Union 1946 – 2021 Jorgen Ludvig BARTH-JORGENSEN, Norway 1932...
History in Color: Sverdlovsk, Russia, USSR, December, 1953 – 26-year old bantamweight Vladimir Vilkhovsky of Spartak Moscow wins the 56kg weight class for Team Moscow at the 1953 USSR Teams Championships in Sverdlovsk. Team...
November 16, 2021 – Legendary U.S. weightlifter, Olympic champion and 2x Olympic vice champion, Isaac “Ike” Berger celebrated his 85th birth day. Isaac Berger is one of all-time greatest legends in the world of...
History in Color: October 28, 1951, Milan, Italy – 27-year old mid heavyweight Norbert “Norb” Schemansky of Detroit, Michigan, USA sets 3 world records and wins his first World title in the 90kg weight...
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20 Jan, 2022
Birds in Winter: Northern Cardinal
20 Jan, 2022
20 Jan, 2022
Eugene Katsura: 1963 Prize of Moscow
16 Jan, 2022
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Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
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