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History in Color: September 28, 1969, Warsaw, Poland – 25-year old super heavyweight Joe Dube of Jacksonville, FL lifts 212.5kg in his last clean-and-jerk attempt and wins a gold medal at the 1969 World...
History in Color: Fergana, Uzbekistan, 1983 – World records holder, Olympic and World vice champion Alexander Pervy of Donetsk, Ukraine is training with Team USSR in Fergana, Uzbekistan before the 1983 World Championships in...
Fifty years ago, two legendary heavyweights shook hands and said “Good morning!” to each other. The next day, they competed for the heavyweight World title in Warsaw, Poland. It was one of the most...
History in Color: September 16, 1975, Moscow, Russia – Team Bulgaria head coach Ivan Abadzhiev prepares bantamweight Atanas Kirov for his next lift in the 56kg class at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow....
History in Color: September 22, 1962, Budapest, Hungary – Olympic weightlifting legend, Olympic champion, 4x Olympian and 4x Olympic medalist, Norbert “Norb” Schemansky of Detroit, Michigan, USA competes in the 90+kg weight class at...
History in Color: November 1987, Tallinn, Estonia – 29-year old Estonian super heavyweight Alar Seim competes in the 110+kg weight class at the 1987 Kalev Club Championships in Tallinn. Alar Seim (b. 1958) was...
History in Color: September 15, 1961, Tatabanya, Hungary – While preparing for the 1961 World and European Championships in Vienna, Austria, weightlifters of Team Hungary are enjoying an outdoor training session in the national...
History in Color: August 29, 1972, Munich, Germany – 24-year old featherweight Norair Nurikyan of Team Bulgaria clean-and-jerks 157.5kg in the 60kg weight class at the 1972 Summer Olympics and becomes the first ever...
History in Color September 13, 1984, Varna, Bulgaria – 2x Olympic champion Norair Nurikyan assists 25-year old Anton Kodzhabashev of Team Bulgaria in the 60kg weight class at the 1984 Friendship Cup in Varna....
History in Color March 4, 1983, Odessa, Ukraine – 20-year old junior Yury Zakharevich of Dimitrovgrad, Russia sets a new world record (200kg snatch) in the in the 100kg weight class at the 1983...
Gerry Gratton (Canada): Helsinki (1952)
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Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
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