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History in Color: December 7, 1975, Montreal, Canada – Legendary Soviet super heavyweight Vasily Alexeev sets a new clean-and-jerk world record of 247.5kg at the 1975 CIM (Championnats International de Montréal) held prior to...
History in Color: July 26, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – Olympic medalist, lightweight Jim Halliday competes for the United Kingdom in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. James “Jim” Halliday...
History in Color: September 19, 1975, Moscow, Russia – Middleweight Peter Wenzel of East Germany celebrates a good lift in the 75kg weight class at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. By the end...
History in Color: September 7, 1960, Rome, Italy – Bantamweight Charles Vinci of Team USA performs a snatch lift on his way to the Olympic Gold in the 56kg weight class at the 1960...
History in Color: December 23, 1981, Donetsk, Ukraine – Members of Team Army receives the main award of the tournament after winning the first place at the 1981 USSR Cup in Donetsk (left to...
History in Color: October 14, 1955, Munich, Germany – Olympic champion Peter George of Acron, USA competes in the press program of the 75kg weight class at the 1955 World Championships in Munich. Olympic...
History in Color: September 12, 1963, Stockholm, Sweden – 27-year old middle heavyweight Bill March of Team USA competes in the 90kg class at the 1963 World Championships in Stockholm. William “Bill” Match (b....
The History in Color cover photo features Anatoly Mayasin of Team Latvia performing a snatch lift. Anatoly Mayasin (1931-2010) competed in the 67.5kg and 75kg weight classes for the Dynamo club of Riga, Latvia....
History in Color: October 18, 1946, Paris, France – The strongest featherweights in the world at the medal ceremony in the 60kg weight class at the 1946 World Championships in Paris (left to right):...
Happy 75th Birthday to Jaan Talts!
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Lazar Baroga (Romania): Tokyo, 1964
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Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
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