Blast From the Past
The story on doping and potential ban of Team Russia from participation in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio is reaching its climax. The former sports superpower is about to be disqualified from being...
Tagged: Olympics
Thinking of Rio and #RussianDoping Scandal
… and the world is waiting for the news on decision from the IOC. Sports Minister Mutko and top sports authorities are not going to Rio now… Is Team Russia going?
Rio 2016: Moscow Countdown
Where in the World is Rio de Janeiro? Russia will suspend officials named in WADA commission’s report V. Putin That was the top level action highlight of Vladimir Putin’s reaction to the latest report....
Super Heavyweights
One of the best Olympic super heavyweight lifters of the late 1960s and early 1970s. There almost 100 world records in this photo. Left to Right: Stanislav Batishchev (USSR 1 WR), Joseph Dube (USA,...
Depends
This is the most common answer to the frequently answered question of nowadays: “Are Russians going to Rio 2016?” “Depends.” Some are going. Some – not. One thing for sure, everybody knows the name of...
110 Plus in 1980
It is really a blast from the past. Summer Olympics 1980 in Moscow. Pre-competition introduction of the super heavyweights. What a great lineup of the strongest men in the world in the 11o + kilos class!...
Boot Camp in Kandava
Balderisomania continues at Chidlovski.Com! One has to be born with super talent to become a super star. But talents and natural gifts don’t guarantee reaching the caliber of a super star. Remember this old...
Past Perfect?
Nothing can be really perfect unless it happens in our dreams. I think Kanybek Osmonaliev was the closest athlete to perfection in my weightlifting years back in the old years. Truly inspirational figure for me, Osmonaliev...
Pepsi? Whisky? Bourbon? Smirnoff? Stoli?.. Aha, meldonium!?
Nah, Vasily Alexeev chooses a Black Tea! Where in the world is Rio de Janeiro?
Welcome to the IWF, Burundi!
Burundi was ratified as 192nd IWF Member Federation by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Congress. When I was a kid in Russia, I collected stamps. First time I heard about Burundi was through its colorful...
