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History in Color: July 23, 1971, Moscow, Russia – Yury Kozin, 23-year old heavyweight of the Team Moscow wins a gold medal with 567.5kg (197.5+157.5+212.5) total in the 110kg competitions at the 1971 USSR...
History in Color: October 14, 1955, Munich, Germany – Olympic champion Peter George of Acron, Ohio, USA is on his way to win a gold medal in the 75kg weight class at the 1955...
History in Color: September 25, 1969, Warsaw, Poland –25-year old Masashi Ohuchi of Team Japan sets a new world record in the snatch lift (152.5kg) and wins the gold in the 82.5kg weight class...
History in Color: September 26, 1971, Lima, Peru – The super heavyweights receive their medals in the 110kg class tournament at the 1971 World Championships in Lima (left to right): Ivan Atanasov (Bulgaria, bronze...
History in Color: March 5, 1972, Ulm, FRG – World champion Vasily Kolotov, 28-year old middle heavyweight of the Team USSR goes for a world record in clean-and-jerk (208kg) in the 90kg weight class...
History in Color : August 1, 1967, Moscow, USSR – Middle heavyweight Yury Rascheskin of the Army Club, Tashkent competes for Team Uzbekistan in the 90kg class at the 1967 USSR Spartakiade and 1967...
History in Color: Moscow, October 30, 1983 –24 year-old Soviet heavyweight Vyacheslav Klokov is performing a 192.5kg snatch lift while competing in the 110kg weight class at the 1983 World Championships in Moscow. Vyacheslav...
History in Color: September 6, 1951, Scheveningen, Holland – Olympic champion, 26-year old Stan Stanczyk of the York Barbell Club, USA completes a split-style snatch on his way to win the World title in...
History in Color: July 28, 1967, Moscow, Russia – Olympic champion, 34-year old featherweight of the Soviet Army team Evgeny Minaev performs a clean-and-jerk lift at the 1967 USSR Spartakiade and 1967 USSR Championships...
History in Color: Venice Beach, California, 1960 – Olympic champion Isaac “Ike” Berger showcases the magic of Olympic weightlifting classics at the Venice Beach, CA.
Yury Kozin (USSR, Russia): 1971 USSR Spartakiade
21 Feb, 2020
Masashi Ohuchi (Japan): World Record in Warsaw, 1969
18 Feb, 2020
Super Heavyweight Champions in Lima, 1971
16 Feb, 2020
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2 May, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
12 May, 2015
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