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History in Color: June 3, 1979, Debrecen, Hungary – 17-year old super heavyweight Antonio Krastev of Haskovo, Bulgaria sets a new junior world record in clean-and-jerk (212.5kg) in the 110+kg weight class at the...
History in Color: July 31, 1983, Moscow, Russia, USSR – 24 year-old heavyweight Vyacheslav Klokov snatches 190kg in the 3rd attempt while competing in the 110kg weight class at the 1983 USSR Spartakiade and...
History in Color: October 15, 1950, Paris, France –The light heavyweight champions receive their medals in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1950 World and European Championships on the Stage of the Palais de...
Back to never stopping conversations on pros and cons of Olympic press and the reasons why it was eliminated from Olympic weightlifting in 1972. The video also features Valery singing at the post competition...
History in Color: August 13, 1991, Donetsk, Ukraine – 21-year old middleweight Aslambek Ediev of Grozny, Chechnya, Russia, USSR competes in the 75kg weight class at the 1991 USSR Spartakiade and 1991 USSR Championships...
History in Color: March 22, 1964, Moscow, Russia, USSR – Soviet super heavyweight candidate to compete at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Leonid Zhabotinsky of Zaporozhye, Ukraine sets 3 world records and wins...
History in Color: October 21, 1983 – Moscow, Russia – 16-year old Naim Suleymanov, rookie bantamweight of Bulgaria, sets a new world record (130kg) in the 56kg weight class at the 1983 World Championships...
On the History in Color cover photo, there are 9 Summer Olympics in various weight classes, 5 Olympic and 15 World titles, 5 Pan American Games golds and 50+ world records. There are three legendary...
January 17, 2021 – Happy 70th Birthday to Olympic Champion Yury Zaytsev!
History in Color: July 31, 1967, Moscow, Russia, USSR – 26-year old light heavyweight Nikolay Khoroshaev of Rostov-on-Don, Russia performs a press lift in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1967 USSR Spartakiade and...
Viktor Kurentsov (Russia, USSR): 1941-2021
8 Apr, 2021
Clyde Emrich (USA) Celebrates His 90th Birthday!
6 Apr, 2021
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2 May, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
12 May, 2015
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