Abadzhiev
The enhanced archival photo depicts the coach of Team Bulgaria Ivan Abadzhiev doing a high pull of 300kg (660 lbs) in the training camp. Abadzhiev is barefeet. The boy at the volleyball court behind...
The enhanced archival photo depicts the coach of Team Bulgaria Ivan Abadzhiev doing a high pull of 300kg (660 lbs) in the training camp. Abadzhiev is barefeet. The boy at the volleyball court behind...
Riga, Latvia, 1963 – Alexander Dynnikov is performing a cj lift of 121.5kg and breaks a record of Latvia in the 56kg weight class. The original black-and-white photo came to me from the personal...
On this photo exclusively enhanced for the Lift Up project, Vladimir Ryzhenkov of Team CCCP is competing in the 82,5 class at the 1974 World Champioship in Manila. He is going for the world...
There were definitely many candidates for a “poster boy” of Olympic weightlifting through its history. Gennady Ivanchenko, by all means, is in the top of this group. Well-built and strong. Confident, slick and reliable....
The weightlifting part of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome was about to begin. Soviet lifters were conducting their open training session and fellow athletes from Team USA stopped by to say hello. On...
“Weights are to be lifted by the back and legs!” It is the axiom of Olympic weightlifting. Whenever you first enter the training gym, it will be the first lesson by the coach. The photo...
Here is my first baby steps into the world of Duckland. These are some photos of the group of white-winged scoters taken during a day trip to the shoreline in Winthrop. White-winged scoters are...
The moment captured here shows Soviet lightweight Victor Bushuev pressing 125kg at the weightlifting match between Team USA and Team USSR in 1958. These matches between the Soviet and American athletes in the mid...
This time the retro photo presentation brings us to the old weightlifting gym in Detroit, Michigan. It is August 1966 now and it is a home place for Norbert Schemansky, a living legend of Olympic...
Another group shot of Team CCCP weightlifting is showing the national team in the training camp in Crimea in 1981. This time, the photo session occasion was the visit of legendary dancer and artist...