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January 21, 2022 – One of the best Soviet featherweights of the 1960s – early 1970s, world record holder, 2x USSR champion, USSR Cup winner, Erkin Karimov of Uzbekistan turns 80. Erkin Karimov (b....
History in Color: March 15, 1963, Moscow, Russia, USSR – Soviet featherweight Eugene Katsura of Kazan, Russia performs a split-style snatch in the 60kg class at the 1963 Prize of Moscow International tournament in...
History in Color: USSR Training Hall, 1962 – Legends of the Soviet and World Olympic weightlifting, a 24-year old super heavyweight Leonid Zhabotinsky and a 32-year old bantamweight Vladimir Stogov are having a friendly...
Minusinsk, Russia – Legendary Soviet Olympic weightlifter, Olympic champion, Viktor Mazin died at the age of 67. Viktor Mazin won the 1980 Summer Olympics in the featherweight class and, at 26, earned the highest...
With 3 months left to the Olympic tournament in Mexico City, three outstanding pressers managed to set world records in the mid heavyweight (90kg class) . Part 1. June 3, 1968, Rattvik, Sweden –...
History in Color: Sverdlovsk, Russia, USSR, December, 1953 – 26-year old bantamweight Vladimir Vilkhovsky of Spartak Moscow wins the 56kg weight class for Team Moscow at the 1953 USSR Teams Championships in Sverdlovsk. Team...
November 16, 2021 – Legendary U.S. weightlifter, Olympic champion and 2x Olympic vice champion, Isaac “Ike” Berger celebrated his 85th birth day. Isaac Berger is one of all-time greatest legends in the world of...
History in Color: June 19, 1968, Leningrad, Russia, USSR– Weightlifters of the national Team USSR are being introduced at the opening ceremony of the 1968 European Championships in Leningrad (left to right*): Alexey Vakhonin...
History in Color: July 30, 1977, Budapest, Hungary – 23-year old rookie light heavyweight of Team USSR, Gennady Bessonov of Shakhty, Russia wins the competition in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1977 Pannonia...
November 27, 2021 – Sad news arrived from Ciechanów, Poland. Legendary coach Ivan Grikurov passed away at the Ciechanów Hospital. He was 70. Our condolences to his family and friends. Ivan Grikurov was a...
Serge Reding (Belgium) at the 1965 Prize of Moscow International
August 17, 2022
Hockey Legend Helmut Balderis Turns 70!
August 16, 2022
World Champion and Records Holder Sergey Arakelov is 65
July 19, 2022
Mr. Little Giant of the Flyweight
July 14, 2022
U.S. Weightlifting Team at the 1964 Summer Olympics
July 13, 2022
May 2, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
May 12, 2015
September 28, 2015
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