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History in color: The cover photo features our portrait of Josef Steinbach (1879-1937) of Austria, one of the strongest professional weightlifters in the world in the early era in the Iron Game history. Steinbach...
History in Color: March13, 1971, Rostov, Russia – The strongest middle heavyweights of the 1971 Friendship Cup in Rostov-on-Don receive their medals in the 90kg class competition in Rostov (left to right): Jean-Pierre Van...
History in Color: September 22, 1962, Budapest, Hungary – Olympic champion of the 1960 Olympics in Rome, legendary Yury Vlasov competes in the 90+kg weight class at the 1962 World Championships in Budapest. In...
History in Color: October 16, 1955, Munich, Germany – Weightlifting heavyweight champions receive medals and awards after competing in the 90+kg weight class at the 1955 World and European Championships in Munich (left to...
History in Color: Team USSR Weightlifting (Head coach D.Rigert, 1986) in the training camp in Fergana, Uzbekistan (left to right): Front row: Vladimir Maslyaev (coach), Alexey Kolokoltsev (52kg, Kemerovo, Russia), Yurik Sarkisyan (60kg, Echmiadzin,...
History in Color: December 3, 1977, Las Vegas, NV, USA – Legendary Soviet super heavyweight, 35-year old Vasily Alexeev performs a one-arm snatch (105kg, left hand) during the USA-AAU Record Makers International Meet at...
History in Color: December 1955, NYC, NY –Olympic champions, 26-year old middleweight Peter George (left) and 25-year old light heavyweight Tommy Kono of the U.S. Olympic weightlifting team are demonstrating Olympic lifts in front...
History in Color: September 15, 1970, Columbus, OH, USA – Legendary Polish lightweight, 35-year old Waldemar Baszanowski performs a split style clean in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1970 World Championships in Columbus....
History in Color: Robert Allart (born in 1913) was the finest Belgian Olympic weightlifter of the first decade after the end of the World War 2. He competed in the heavyweight class and represented...
History in Color: September 12, 1986, Moscow, Russia – 19-year old sub heavyweight Igor Sadykov of Fergana, Uzbekistan competes in the 100kg weight class at the 1986 USSR Spatakiade held at the Izmaylovo Weightlifting...
Team Australia: Training in Edmonton (1978)
20 Apr, 2019
Wilhelm Turk: World Champion (1898)
20 Apr, 2019
2 May, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
12 May, 2015
28 Sep, 2015
1 May, 2016
1 May, 2017
