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The Lift Up: History in Color series features a photo of Yury Vlasov and his coach Suren Bogdasarov jogging in the morning in the 1960s. Suren Bogdasarov (1920-2009) was a prominent weightlifter of the 1940s...
History in Color : July 24, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 20-year old featherweight Amir Azizov of Lvov, Ukraine clean-and-jerks 160kg in the 60kg class at the 1983 USSR Spartakiade and 1983 USSR Championships in...
History in Color: October 3, 1947, Helsinki, Finland – Swedish heavyweight Gosta Magnusson prepares for lifting in the 82.5+kg class at the 1947 European Championships in Helsinki. It was the first European Championships after...
History in Color: July 27, 1967, Moscow, Russia – 24-year old Soviet Army bantamweight Gennady Chetin of Perm, Russia is competing in the 56kg class at the 1967 USSR Spatakiade and 1967 USSR Championships...
History in Color: August 15, 1991, Donetsk, Ukraine – USSR national medalists in the 100kg class at the 1991 USSR Spartakiade and 1991 USSR Championships in Donetsk (left to right): Nail Mukhamediarov (Uzbekistan, silver...
History in Color: August 11, 1948, London, Great Britain – Olympic medal winners in the 82.5 class at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London (left to right): Harold Sakata (USA, silver medal, 380kg), Stan...
History in Color: July 12, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – 27-year old bantamweight Kamal Mahgoub of Team Egypt competes in the 56kg weight class at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Kamal Mahgoub was a...
History in Color: May 23, 1982, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine – 24-year old super heavyweight Anatoly Pisarenko of the Dynamo Club, Kiev is getting ready for his snatch lifting in the 110+kg weight class at the...
History in Color June 16, 1955, Moscow, Russia – Legendary Paul Anderson of Team USA, nicknamed as “Miracle of Nature” for his phenomenal strength, is preparing to enter the competition platform in the Green...
History in Color : July 27, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 21-year old Israil Arsamakov of the Dynamo Club, Grozny competes in the 90kg class at the 1983 USSR Spartakiade and 1983 USSR Championships held...
16 Feb, 2019
Athletes and Coaches: Israel and Vartan Militosyan
16 Feb, 2019
Happy 75th Birthday to Joe Dube (USA)!
15 Feb, 2019
1970 Team Czechoslovakia: R&R in Darkov
15 Feb, 2019
2 May, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
12 May, 2015
28 Sep, 2015
1 May, 2016
1 May, 2017
