Hold It!.. And Australia Goes Wild
History in Color: May 29, 1977, Glebe Police – Citizens Boys Club – Silver medalist of the Summer Olympics, Robert Kabbas of Australia sets a new Australian, Australasian and Commonwealth record of 185.5kg in...
History in Color: May 29, 1977, Glebe Police – Citizens Boys Club – Silver medalist of the Summer Olympics, Robert Kabbas of Australia sets a new Australian, Australasian and Commonwealth record of 185.5kg in...
History in Color: May 1958, Chicago, IL – One of the coaches of Team CCCP, Alexander Bozhko is being introduced at the opening ceremony of the 1958 USA vs USSR Olympic weightlifting matches in...
History in Color: December 1955, NYC, NY – Middle heavyweight Clyde Emrich of Team USA Weightlifting performs a clean-and-jerk lift in front of thousands of spectators at the famous Madison Square Garden arena in...
History in Color: September 19, 1975, Moscow, Russia – Nedelcho Kolev of Team Bulgaria sets a new world record in snatch (153kg) in the 75kg class at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. Nedelcho...
History in Color: Team USSR Weightlifting at the 1954 World Championships in Vienna (left to right): Israel Mekhanik, Trofim Lomakin, Arkady Borobyev, Ivan Udodov, x, Rafael Chimishkyan, x, Yakov Kutsenko, x, Vladimir Vilkhovsky, Alexey...
Heavyweight Leif Nilsson of Team Sweden is training in Sundbyberg, Sweden. Leif Nilsson (b. 1952) was one of the best Swedish weightlifters in the 1970s. He is a 2x Olympian and competed for his...
History in Color: May 1958, Chicago, IL – Soviet light heavyweight Trofim Lomakin (left) and his coach Alexander Bozhko are discussing the “game plan” before the beginning of the 1958 USSR vs. USA weightlifting...
History in Color: Montreal, Canada, December 1975 – A group of Soviet Olympic weightlifters arrived to Canada to participate in the 1975 Pre-Olympic Tournament in Montreal (left to right): Valery Shary (82.5kg, Minsk Belarus),...
History in Color: July 31 1983, Moscow, Russia – Alexander Kurlovich and his coach Petr Savitsky (both Grodno, Belarus) receive gold medals for winning in the super heavyweight class at the 1983 USSR Spartakiade...
History in Color: July 20, 1971, Moscow, Russia – 19-year old Alexander Galkin of Spartak, Donetsk competes in the 75kg weight class at the 1971 USSR Spartakiade in Moscow. Alexander Galkin won a bronze...