Starry Night of Yurik Vardanyan
History in Color: July 26, 1980, Moscow, Russia – Outstanding Soviet light heavyweight Yurik Vardanyan of Gyumry, Armenia is preparing to clean 222.5 kg in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1980 Summer Olympics...
History in Color: July 26, 1980, Moscow, Russia – Outstanding Soviet light heavyweight Yurik Vardanyan of Gyumry, Armenia is preparing to clean 222.5 kg in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1980 Summer Olympics...
CrossFit 1955? There was no CrossFit in 1955. Of course, not. It’s just a humorous way to bring attention to the legends of Olympic weightlifting who had an essential influence on the strength aspect...
Club 500 Interactive by Arthur Chidlovski (Lift Up), May 2018 List of all Olympic weightlifters who recorded 500kg total of 3 lifts (press, snatch, clean-and-jerk) prior to elimination of the Olympic press lift in...
History in Color: July 21, 1948, Southampton, UK – Olympic Team USA Weightlifting arrived at the Southhampton on the SS “America” to participate in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. History in Color: Team...
Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 1973 – One of the best super heavyweights of the 1960s – early 1970s, Serge Reding (1941-1975) of Belgium competes at the 1973 Friendship Cup in Tashkent. The original black-and-white photo was...
History in Color March 4, 1983, Odessa, Ukraine – 20-year old Yury Zakharevich of Dimitrovgrad, Russia wins the 1983 Friendship Cup in the 100kg class with three world records – 200kg snatch, 240kg clean-and-jerk...
History in Color Paul Anderson of Team USA, also known as “Miracle of Nature” for his phenomenal strength, is being admired by two Soviet champs, Arkady Vorobyev (left) and Trofim Lomakin. The original photo...
History in Color: Outstanding Polish light heavyweight Norbert Ozimek competes at the 1969 World Championships in Warsaw, Poland. Norbert Ozimek (b. 1945) was one of the lead athletes of Team Poland with such star...
History in Color: April 14, 1972, Tallinn, Estonia – Middle heavyweight David Rigert of Shakhty, Russia sets a new clean-and-jerk world record (210kg) at the 1972 USSR Weightlifting Championships in Tallinn.
Legend of Olympic weightlifting, one of the best super heavyweights of all times, Alexander Kurlovich of Grodno, Belarus died today at the age of 56. It seemed that just yesterday, he was competing in...