Gold Rush in Florida
A group of white ibises searching for a their snack food in the water is a typical view in Florida. The textbooks say that the diet of the ibis usually consists of crabs, crayfish,...
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Zygmunt Smalcerz in Budapest (1978)
History in Color: Budapest, Hungary, 1978 – Olympic champion Zygmunt Smalcerz of Team Poland competes at the Danube Cup in Budapest. Nicknamed as “Polish Gulliver” by his teammates, legendary Polish flyweight Zygmunt Smalcerz (b....
Beach Season for Heavyweights in 1973
Blast from the past… 50 years ago, Olympic weightlifting heavyweights (left to right) Karl Usar, Toivo Kurg (both of Estonia) and Sultan Rakhmanov of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine are enjoying the beach season in Alushta, Crimea...
Rudolf Plukfelder in Warsaw (1959)
History in Color @LiftUp: October 3, 1959, Warsaw, Poland – 32-year old rookie weightlifter of the national Team USSR, Rudolf Plukfelder competes in the 82.5kg weight class at his first World Championships in Warsaw...
John Davis in Paris (1950)
History in Color: October 15, 1950, Paris, France – Legendary American heavyweight, 2x Olympic Champion, 6x World Champion John Davis competes at the 1950 World Championship in Paris, France. John Davis (1921-1984) definitely deserves...
Featherweights Berger and Minaev in 1958
History in Color: May 12, 1958, Chicago, IL, USA – Soviet and U.S Olympic weightlifters are waiting for the opening call of the first match of the 1958 USA vs. USSR match in Chicago....
The 1st World Record by Yevgeny Minaev
History in Color: August 20, 1956, Moscow, Russia – 23-year old featherweight of the Soviet Army team Evgeny Minaev sets up a new world record in the press lift at the 1st USSR Spartakiade...
Coaches and Athletes: Plukfelder and Rigert
History in Color @LiftUp Shakhty, Rostov-on-Don, USSR, January 1970 – Light heavyweight David Rigert and his coach Rudolf Plukfelder are enjoying a conversation after a training session in the Weightlifting Hall in their hometown...
Grand Finale in Paris (1946)
History in Color: October 19, 1946, Paris, France – In the end of the last day of the 1946 World Championships, the winners in the the heavyweight class (82.5+kg) received their medals at the...
Ivan Abadzhiev: Competing For Bulgaria in Stockholm
History in Color: September 19, 1958, Stockholm, Sweden – 26-year old Bulgarian lightweight Ivan Abadzhiev performs his 1st attempt in a clean-and-jerk program in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1958 World Championships in...
