Down South
We are really enjoying our cold Pepsi drinks in a new place. I drink mine down with a loud slurp. She looks at me with a smile: “What does it mean in Missouri?” It’s...
We are really enjoying our cold Pepsi drinks in a new place. I drink mine down with a loud slurp. She looks at me with a smile: “What does it mean in Missouri?” It’s...
History in Color: March 18, 1973, Tashkent, Uzbekistan – 19-year Trendafil Stoichev of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria competes for Team Bulgaria in the 75kg weight class at the 1973 Friendship Cup in Tashkent. A month before...
History in Color: One of the most memorable Soviet athletes of the 1970s, Gennady Ivanchenko is getting ready for a snatch lift competing for the Dynamo Club of Riga Latvia at the local meet....
History in Color: June 26, 1971, Sofia, Bulgaria – 19-year old heavyweight Alexander Kraychev of Bulgaria competes in the clean-and-jerk program in the 110kg class of the 1971 European Championships in Sofia. Graduate of...
History in Color: June 20, 1977, Leninakan, Armenia – Middleweight athletes of the national team USSR, Vartan Militosyan of the Ashkhtak Club and Yurik Vardanyan of the Lokomotiv Club are training in their hometown...
History in Color: September 11, 1963, Stockholm, Sweden – Soviet coach Alexey Medvedev is assisting light heavyweight Rudolf Plyukfelder during the competitions in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1963 World Championships in Stockholm....
History in Color: July 27, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – Legendary U.S. heavyweight John Davis wins his second Olympic gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics at the Messuhalli Arena in Helsinki. John Davis (1921-1984)...
History in Color: March 19, 1974, Yerevan, Armenia –Legendary Soviet weightlifter David Rigert performs a 167.5kg snatch in his second attempt in the 90kg weight class competition at the 1974 Friendship Cup in Yerevan....
History in Color: October 1938 – American weightlifting team is on its way to the 1938 World Championships in Vienna (left to right): John Terpak (75kg), John Grimek (82.5kg), John Terry (60kg), Tony Terlazzo...
History in Color: March 30, 1952, Ivanovo, Russia –28-year old Trofim Lomakin competes for the Army Club of Moscow competes in the 90kg weight class at the 1952 USSR Championships at the State Circus...