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History in Color: May 2, 1980, Beograd, Yugoslavia – 33-year old weightlifting super star, Olympic champion David Rigert of Shakhty, Russia snatches 181kg in the 4th attempt and sets a new world record in...
On the History in Color photo, weightlifting legend Chen Jingkai (1935-2010) of China is performing a snatch lift at the tournament in 1950s. Legendary Chen competed in the bantam and featherweight and set 9...
History in Color: August 2, 1979, Leningrad, Russia, USSR – 23-year old heavyweight Leonid Taranenko of Minsk, Belarus performs a snatch lift in the 110kg weight class at the 1979 USSR Spartakiade and USSR...
July 30, 2021 – One of the most impressive weightlifters of the 1970s, World and European champion, world records holder, Gennady Ivanchenko of Riga, Latvia celebrates his 75th Birthday today. Ivanchenko’s list of sports...
The “before and after” visual snapshot features two remarkable bantamweight champions of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Alexey Vakhonin of the USSR (left) won the bantamweight class in 1964 and Li Fabin of China...
History in Color: Team USSR Weightlifting (Head coach Alexander Prilepin, 1983) in the training camp in Fergana, Uzbekistan (left to right): Front row: Yurik Sarkisyan (60kg, Echmiadzin, Armenia), Yury Zakharevich (100kg, Dimitrovgrad, Russia); Middle...
History in Color: March 8, 1958, Moscow, Russia, USSR – Medal winners in the lightweight class are being presented with their awards at the 1958 Prize of Moscow International tournament in Moscow (left to...
History in Color: Tokyo, Japan, October 1964, – Team CCCP Weightlifting is being interviewed by famous Soviet media personalities in the 1964 Olympic village in Tokyo. Front row (left to right): Vladimir Kaplunov (67.5kg),...
History in Color: October 18, 1964, Tokyo, Japan – U.S. heavyweight Norbert Schemansky of Michigan, USA shows that he is ready for his 4th Olympic games at the Olympic village in Tokyo. Legendary weightlifting...
History in Color: Team Finland Weightlifting goes all the way to the East to compete at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (top to bottom): Pentti Anttila, Eino Makinen (90+kg), Jouni Kailajarvi (90kg, 7th...
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Yurik Vardanyan: A Starry Night in Dnepropetrovsk (1982)
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Happy Birthday to Robert Kabbas of Australia!
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Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
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