Oldtime Gym in Detroit in 1966
This time the retro photo presentation brings us to the old weightlifting gym in Detroit, Michigan. It is August 1966 now and it is a home place for Norbert Schemansky, a living legend of Olympic...
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7,232 Miles Away From Mexico City
Team CCCP Weightlifting is having a good time at the Volga River. It’s 1968 and they are 7,232 miles away from Mexico City where is a few weeks they will compete at the 1968...
Split Style Classics in 1954
Very few athletes nowadays perform the snatch lifts using split style. Split Style Techniques Here is a digitally enhanced photo of Norbert Schemansky (USA) doing split style snatch. The original photo session took place...
Podolsk, August 1963
While preparing for the 1964 Summer Olympic in Tokyo, Team CCCP weightlifting gathered in August 1963 in Poldolsk training camp. Most athletes on the photo just finished competing at the 3rd Soviet Spartakiade and...
Happy New Year To All!
Happy New Year to all fans of the Iron Game and Olympic weightlifting on behalf of the Lift Up project! May this New Year 2017 bring you good luck, good health, good fortune and...
Before Montreal 1976
Here is more of digital enhancement of group photos of national Team CCCP from the glorious days of the Soviet Olympic weightlifting. This time the original photo was taken during the preparation for the...
Pioneers of Soviet Weightlifting
This is a digitally enhanced version of weightlifting Team CCCP in Kharkov in 1947. Top row (left to right): Roman Moroz, Vladimir Pushkarev (Moscow, 1921-1994), George Popov (Kiev, 1912-1984), Nikolay Laputin (Kiev, 1913-1986), Nikolay...
Strong In 1973
Here is a digitally enhanced photo national weightlifting Team CCCP at the training camp in Feodosia. Top row (left to right): David Rigert (Shakhty, 90kg), Rudolf Plyukfelder (Shakhty, coach), Pavel Pervushin (Leningrad, 110kg), N/A,...
Forgotten Tournament of 1967
In 1967, the International Weightlifting Federation didn’t run the World Championship. It does look odd for those who like a consistent flow of events in the history books. The 1966 World Championship was held...
Ready To Go To the World Championship
They are ready to go to the Worlds in Stockholm Here is an interesting photo from the good old Strength and Health magazine published by Bob Hoffman. This is Team USA 1958 posing for...
