Karimov
History in Color: Soviet featherweight Erkin Karimov competes at the 1968 USSR Cup in Alma Ata, Kazakhstan. Erkin Karimov (b. 1942) was one of the athletes that belonged to the so called “unsung heroes”...
Tagged: USSR
Veretennikov
History in Color: Leningrad, USSR, July 1979 – 30-year old Viktor Veretennikov wins the 1979 USSR Spartakiade in the 56kg weight class. Viktor Veretennikov (b. 1949) was a world class bantamweight from Volgograd, USSR....
S. Didyk: Walking For the World Records
History in Color: Moscow, July 31, 1983 – 22-year old Sergey Didyk of Vinnitsa, Ukraine is walking to the competition platform to break the new clean-and-jerk world record (261kg) in the 4th attempt in...
Athletes and Coaches: A. Kurynov and A. Vorobyev
On the History in Color cover photo: Legendary Soviet middleweight, Olympic champion Alexander Kurynov (1934-1973) and Team CCCP head coach, 2x Olympic champion Arkady Vorobyev (1924-2012) are preparing for the competitions in the training...
Moscow Promises
History in Color: Two promising athletes that competed for Team Moscow in the 1970s. Yury Kozin (b. 1948, on the right) won the World Championship, the USSR championship and the USSR Spartakiade in 1971....
First Attempt of Yurik Vardanyan
On the History in Color photo, legendary Yurik Vardanyan of Armenia is getting ready for his first clean-and-jerk attempt at the 1983 World Championship in the Izmailovo Arena, Moscow, USSR. 1983 European Championship Location: Moscow,...
David Rigert in Munich (1972)
The History in Color photo depicts, perhaps, one of the saddest moments in the sports career of legendary David Rigert. He was eliminated from the competition in the middle heavyweight class at the 1972...
Tommy Kono at the Moscow Prize International
On the History in Color cover photo, legendary Tommy Kono of Team USA competes at the Prize of Moscow. Norbert Schemansky once said that American weightlifters were more popular in Russia than at home....
Yury Vlasov (Stockholm, 1963)
History in Color: Stockholm, September 13, 1963 – Yury Vlasov of Moscow, Russia competes in the 90+kg weight class at the 1963 World Championship in Stockholm. Vlasov won his 4th world title with the...
Go USA Weightlifting Marathon: Bob Hoffman and Team USA
The 2017 IWF World Championships tournament is scheduled to be held in Anaheim, USA from November 27, 2017 t0 December 5, 2017. The Lift Up and our sub-publications continue the Go USA Weightlifting Marathon...
