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On the History in Color photo, weightlifting legend Chen Jingkai of China is performing his favorite clean-and-jerk lift during a training session in China. Chen Jingkai (1935-2010) was the first weightlifting world record maker...
History in Color: The cover photo features legendary Soviet middleweight Viktor Kurentov, Olympic champion, 5x World champion, 7x European champion, 9x USSR champion and a holder of 22 world records set in his outstanding...
History in Color: July 21, 1976, Montreal, Canada – The first world champion and the first world record holder of Cuba, Roberto “Tony” Urrutia competes for Team Cuba in the 67.5kg class at the...
History in Color: Olympic champion Yury Zaytsev is performing clean-and-jerk at the 1979 USSR Spartakiade in Leningrad, Russia. Yury Zaytsev was one of the strongest Soviet heavyweights (110kg) in the 1970s. He competed for...
The ocean and wind were definitely misbehaving last night. Gusty winds (90+ mph!), water flooding, flying trash barrels, pieces of house siding and roof shingles – not a pretty pictures at all. At least,...
History in Color: I am not sure how many people in the world can read in Finnish. Obviously, it’s not a native language of Rafael Chimishkyan shown on the cover photo. My guess the...
History in Color: October 15, 1950 – Legendary American heavyweight, 2x Olympic Champion John Davis competes at the 1950 World Championship in Paris, France. John Davis (1921-1984) definitely deserves much more than a brief...
History in Color: Mighty Soviet super heavyweight Vladimir Marchuk of Moscow, Russia is resting between pull sets during training in the early 1980s.
History in Color: Eugene Katsura of the Army Club, Moscow competes in the 60kg weight class at the 1964 USSR Championship in Kiev, Ukraine. Eugene Katsura (1937-1967) was a strong Soviet feather and lightweight...
History in Color: 20-year old middleweight Yordan Bikov of Pazardzhik, Bulgaria is on his way to win the Olympic gold medal in the 75kg class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. Yordan...
World Record by Vartan Militosyan (Armenia, USSR)
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Alexander Kurlovich at the 1983 USSR Spartakiade
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Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
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