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History in Color: July 25, 1982, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine –28-year old super heavyweight Sergey Ayrapetov of Team Spartak (Baku, Azerbaijan) competes in the 110+kg weight class at the 1982 USSR Championships in the Old Circus...
History in Color: October 1966, East Berlin, GDR – Legendary Bob Hoffman (USA) is being interviewed by the reporter of the Soviet Sports Daily newspaper with the final preparations for the 1966 World Championships...
The History in Color series features a group shot with unforgettable champions from the past of Olympic weightlifting (left to right): Lifter from Argentina, Yury Vlasov (USSR), Humberto Selvetti (Argentina), Suren Bogdasarov (USSR) The...
History in Color: The best British athlete in the history of Olympic weightlifting, Louis Martin is working on his press lift in training. Martin was a middle heavyweight and his best result in the...
March 19, 2019 – Happy Birthday to legendary Rafael Chimishkyan of Georgia! Today we celebrate his 90th birthday! He is still active, has a great sense of humor and very charismatic. Time didn’t change...
History in Color: October 1964, Tokyo, Japan – Members of the Soviet Olympic weightlifting team, Leonid Zhabotinsky (left) of Zaporozhye, Ukraine and his coach Alexey Medvedev are having a bicycle ride in the Olympic...
History in Color: Brilliant flyweight of the 1970s, 35-year old Olympic champion Zygmunt Smalcerz of Team Poland competes at the 1976 Polish Weightlifting Championships in Zakopane, Poland while preparing for his second Olympics in...
History in Color: May 18, 1949, Voronezh, Russia –Weightlifting Team Moscow wins the top national award for the 1st place in the teams’ competition at the 1949 USSR Championships on the stage of Music...
History in Color: November 26, 1956, Melbourne, Australia – The strongest man in the world of the 1950s, heavyweight Paul Anderson of Team USA is on his way to the gold Olympic medal in...
When you work on old weightlifting pictures, at certain point, it becomes like a game. Have I been here before? Have I seen this photo before? Have I done this photo already in the...
Unsung Heroes: Sergey Ayrapetov (USSR, Azerbaijan)
26 Mar, 2019
Louis Martin (Great Britain): Press Lift Training
24 Mar, 2019
Rafael Chimishkyan: Happy 90th Birthday!
23 Mar, 2019
2 May, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
12 May, 2015
28 Sep, 2015
1 May, 2016
1 May, 2017
