Thinking of Rio and #RussianDoping Scandal
… and the world is waiting for the news on decision from the IOC. Sports Minister Mutko and top sports authorities are not going to Rio now… Is Team Russia going?
… and the world is waiting for the news on decision from the IOC. Sports Minister Mutko and top sports authorities are not going to Rio now… Is Team Russia going?
Where in the World is Rio de Janeiro? Russia will suspend officials named in WADA commission’s report V. Putin That was the top level action highlight of Vladimir Putin’s reaction to the latest report....
One of the best Olympic super heavyweight lifters of the late 1960s and early 1970s. There almost 100 world records in this photo. Left to Right: Stanislav Batishchev (USSR 1 WR), Joseph Dube (USA,...
“Rigert ain’t stupid! He wears boots in the snow.” Old pictures have stories associated with them in our memory. The photo on the left was inserted into my weightlifting diaries when I was a...
It is really a blast from the past. Summer Olympics 1980 in Moscow. Pre-competition introduction of the super heavyweights. What a great lineup of the strongest men in the world in the 11o + kilos class!...
Nothing can be really perfect unless it happens in our dreams. I think Kanybek Osmonaliev was the closest athlete to perfection in my weightlifting years back in the old years. Truly inspirational figure for me, Osmonaliev...
Nah, Vasily Alexeev chooses a Black Tea! Where in the world is Rio de Janeiro?
Burundi was ratified as 192nd IWF Member Federation by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Congress. When I was a kid in Russia, I collected stamps. First time I heard about Burundi was through its colorful...
Russian Minister of Sports Vitaly Mutko became world famous when he read mysteriuos “From de botom ov mai hart” written for his acceptance speech for hosting FIFA World Cup in Russia in 2018. It...