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History in Color: March 30, 1952, Ivanovo, Russia –28-year old Trofim Lomakin competes for the Army Club of Moscow competes in the 90kg weight class at the 1952 USSR Championships at the State Circus...
History in Color: May 18, 1966, Novosibirsk, Russia –Super heavyweight Gennady Ryabokon of the Spartak Club, Vitebsk, Belarus competes in the 102.5+kg weight class at the 1966 USSR Championships at the Dynamo Weightlifting Hall...
History in Color: October 18, 1946, Paris, France – 24 year old middleweight Frank Spellman of Team USA wins a bronze medal in the 75kg weight class at the 1946 World Championships in Paris....
History in Color June 16, 1955, Moscow, Russia – Heavyweights Paul Anderson of the United States and Alexey Medvedev of the Soviet Union exchange a friendly handshake before the first USA vs. USSR Olympic...
Happy 80th Birthday to Gogi Gurgenyan! Original photography by Gogi with our color is a significant part of the History in Color series that some of you might be enjoying at Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski...
History in Color: June 26, 1970, Szombathely, Hungary – 1968 Olympic champion Kaarlo Kangasniemi of Team Finland wins the gold in the 90kg class at the 1970 European Championships in Szombathely. … and Finland...
History in Color July 7, 1961, Moscow, Russia – 1960 Olympic champion, heavyweight Yury Vlasov competes for the Team USSR in the 90+kg weight class in the first match of the 1961 USA vs....
June 27, 2019 – Happy Birthday to legendary Olympic weightlifters Tommy Kono (USA, 1930-2016) and Vern Barberis (Australia, 1928-2005)! History in Color: July 26, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – Olympic medal winners in the 67.5kg...
History in Color : July 27, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – 28-year old mid heavyweight Norbert Schemansky of Detroit, Michigan, USA performs a clean-and-jerk lift on his way to the Olympic gold in the 90kg...
History in Color: December 19, 1976, Sverdlovsk, Russia – Medal ceremony for the 100kg weight class at the 1976 USSR Championships in clean-and-jerk (left to right): Anatoly Kozlov (Kholmsk, Russia, silver medal, 212.5kg), Vladimir...
20 Jul, 2019
Trofim Lomakin Wins His 1st National Title (1952)
20 Jul, 2019
Club 500: Gennady Ryabokon (Belarus, USSR)
19 Jul, 2019
Frank Spellman (USA): Paris, 1946
11 Jul, 2019
2 May, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
12 May, 2015
28 Sep, 2015
1 May, 2016
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