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History in Color: June 1964, Paris, France – Legendary middle heavyweight, 32-year old Ireneusz Palinski of Poland completes a clean-and-jerk (185kg) at the invitational international tournament dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the French...
History in Color: April 6, 1976, Berlin, East Germany – Jan Lostowski, 25-year old lightweight of Team Poland, snatches 139kg in his 4th attempt and sets a new world record in the 67.5kg weight...
History in Color: March 4, 1972, Ulm, Germany – Top 3 flyweight contenders receive their awards in the 52kg weight class at the pre-Olympic international tournament in Ulm, Germany (left to right): Mustar Mustafov...
History in Color: September 8, 1960, Rome, Italy – World champion Marian Zielinski, lightweight of Team Poland, performs a clean-and-jerk opener with 150kg in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1960 Summer Olympics in...
History in Color: September 16, 1975, Moscow, Russia– Best bantamweight athletes receive their medals in the 56kg weight class at the 1975 World Championships (left to right): Waldemar Korcz (Poland, silver medal), Atanas Kirov...
History in Color: September 9, 1960, Rome, Italy – Light heavyweight Ireneusz Palinski of Team Poland competes in the snatch program on his way to his gold medal in the 82.5kg weight class at...
History in Color: In many ways, the year of 1959 was a milestone in the history of Polish Olympic weightlifting. 60 years ago, it was a huge break through for weightlifting in Poland. For...
History in Color: October 15, 1968, Mexico City, Mexico – Legendary lightweight Waldemar Baszanowski of Team Poland clean-and-jerks 167.5kg and wins a gold medal in the 67.5kg class at the 1968 Summer Olympics in...
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: March 11, 1961, Moscow, Russia – The first Polish Olympic champion in weightlifting, middle heavyweight Ireneusz Palinski wins in the 90kg weight class with new world record in clean-and-jerk (186.5kg) at...
Norb Schemansky (USA) Lifts the Apollon Wheels
March 24, 2023
March 20, 2023
Yurik Vardanyan: A Starry Night in Dnepropetrovsk (1982)
March 20, 2023
March 17, 2023
Happy Birthday to Robert Kabbas of Australia!
March 16, 2023
May 2, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
May 12, 2015
September 28, 2015
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