Kyiv Strong: Grigory Novak
History in Color: July 1952 – Member of Team USSR Weightlifting, middle heavyweight Grigory Novak participates in the joint photo session organized by the Soviet media at one of the last training camps before...
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Czech Super Heavyweight Champion Petr Pavlasek is 75
January 31, 2022 – One of the strongest super heavyweights of the 1970s, Petr Pavlasek of Czech Republic celebrated his 75th Birthday. Petr Pavlasek was a 2x Olympian for Czechoslovakia and competed for his...
Birds in Winter: Ducks, Egrets and More
Just a few photos of our local birds in Ponte Vedra Beach taken during an afternoon walk in January 2022: On the cover, Snowy Egret greets a Mottled Duck in a local pond. Northern...
Birds in Winter: Snowy Egret
There is no snow in Florida in January. There are plenty of snowy egrets though. As seen in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL in January 2022.
Eugene Katsura: 1963 Prize of Moscow
History in Color: March 15, 1963, Moscow, Russia, USSR – Soviet featherweight Eugene Katsura of Kazan, Russia performs a split-style snatch in the 60kg class at the 1963 Prize of Moscow International tournament in...
Going for the World Records in Press in 1968, Part 3: Kaarlo Kangasniemi (Finland)
With 3 months left to the Olympic tournament in Mexico City, three outstanding pressers managed to set world records in the mid heavyweight (90kg class) . Part 1. June 3, 1968, Rattvik, Sweden –...
Going for the World Records in Press in 1968, Part 2: Karl Pumpurins (Latvia, USSR)
With 3 months left to the Olympic tournament in Mexico City, three outstanding pressers managed to set world records in the mid heavyweight (90kg class) . Part 1. June 3, 1968, Rattvik, Sweden –...
Going for the World Records in Press in 1968, Part 1: Bo Johansson (Sweden)
With 3 months left to the Olympic tournament in Mexico City, three outstanding pressers managed to set world records in the mid heavyweight (90kg class) . Part 1. June 3, 1968, Rattvik, Sweden –...
Vladimir Vilkhovsky at the 1953 National Teams Championships in Sverdlovsk
History in Color: Sverdlovsk, Russia, USSR, December, 1953 – 26-year old bantamweight Vladimir Vilkhovsky of Spartak Moscow wins the 56kg weight class for Team Moscow at the 1953 USSR Teams Championships in Sverdlovsk. Team...
