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History in Color: March 22, 1979, Leningrad, Russia, USSR – Lightweight Vyacheslav Andreev of Kokchetav, Kazakhstan, is setting a new clean-and-jerk world record (181kg) in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1979 Friendship Cup...
The cover photo from our History in Color Series, features a portrait of Nikolay Saxonov (1923-2011), champion of the World, Europe, USSR and author of seven world records. Nilolay Saxonov is a true legend...
History in Color Series: European champion and world records author Vasily Stepanov (1927-2011) Vasily Stepanov was one of the top Soviet Olympic weightlifters of the secong half of the 1950s. He won the silver...
Participants of the 1961 World Championship in Vienna are taking break between training and competitions: Left to right: Alexander Kurynov (Kazan, 75kg), Rudolf Plyukfelder (Shakhty, 82.5kg), Yury Vlasov (Moscow, 90+kg), Vasily Stepanov (Riga, 90kg)...
The History in Color series: September 18, 1962 – Legendary Tommy Kono of the Team USA competes in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1962 World Championship in Budapest, Hungary. Kono is getting ready to lift 150kg in his...
History in Color series: Leonid Zhabotinsky of Zaporozye, Ukraine and Alexey Vakhonin of Shakhty, Russia are enjoying a rest day in the Olympic village in Tokyo in 1964. Both became Olympic champions in 1964....
The group photo of Team CCCP Weightlifting in the training camp at the Black Sea continues our History in Color series. Front row (l-r): V. Stepanov (82.5kg, Riga), V. Bushuev (67.5kg, Gorky), A. Kurynov (75kg,...
Bernie C. stole a red plastic cup from the kitchen. He is in trouble and don’t want to admit it. Happy Friday to all (including Bernie)!
Happy Birthday, Bernard!!!! Very special wishes to a very special person!
Olympic champion of Mexico City (1968), Boris Selitsky of Leningrad is preparing to clean-and-jerk 185 kg at the 1968 USSR Championship in Lugansk, Ukraine. Save
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