Remembering Vasily Alexeev (1942-2011)
January 7, 2020 – Legendary Vasily Alexeev (1942-2011) would have been 78 today. Happy Birthday to the Legend!
January 7, 2020 – Legendary Vasily Alexeev (1942-2011) would have been 78 today. Happy Birthday to the Legend!
History in Color March 3, 1988, Tallinn, Estonia – 21-year old featherweight candidate to the national team USSR, Valery Leonov competes in the 60kg weight class at the 1988 Friendship Cup in Tallinn. For...
History in Color: September 8, 1960, Rome, Italy – Middleweight Alexander Kurynov of Team USSR performs a snatch lift on his way to his gold medal in the 75kg weight class at the 1960...
History in Color: June 14, 1978, Havirov, Czechoslovakia – Vice champion of the 1976 Summer Olympics, 28-year-old middleweight Vartan Militosyan of Leninakan (Gyumri), Armenia competes for the Soviet national team in the 75kg weight...
History in Color: December 18, 1973, Tuapse, Russia – Super heavyweight winners at the medal ceremony of the 110+kg class at the 1973 USSR Cup held at the Seaman Palace in Tuapse (left to...
History in Color June 16, 1955, Moscow, Russia – Legends of the U.S. weightlifting are being introduced during the introduction at the USA vs. USSR Olympic weightlifting match in the Green Theater in Moscow...
History in Color: December 17, 1978, Fergana, Uzbekistan – 22-year old heavyweight Leonid Taranenko of Minsk, Belarus competes in the 110kg weight class at the 1978 USSR Cup in Fergana. In two years, Taranenko...
History in Color: June 1964, Paris, France – Legendary super heavyweight, 28-year old Yury Vlasov of Team USSR goes for a clean-and-jerk world record (215kg) at the invitational international tournament dedicated to the 50th...
History in Color: April 23, 1978, Kiev, Ukraine – Olympic champion Valery Shary of Minsk, Belarus competes in the snatch program in the 82.5kg class at the 1978 USSR Championships in Kiev. By the...
History in Color: March 5, 1983, Odessa, Ukraine – Olympic vice champion Igor Nikitin of the Army Club, Lipetsk, Russia competes in the 110kg class at the 1983 Friendship Cup in Odessa. Igor Nikitin...