Pioneers of Weightlifting
History in Color: The photo features pioneers of the Soviet weightliftin in the pre World War II era. The exact location and date haven’t been identified yet. From right to left, you can see...
History in Color: The photo features pioneers of the Soviet weightliftin in the pre World War II era. The exact location and date haven’t been identified yet. From right to left, you can see...
History in Color: Best Soviet super heavyweights gathered to compete at the 1979 U.S.S.R. Spartakiade in Leningrad. The only exception was Vasily Alexeev who was on the injured list and trained for the 1980 Olympics...
Another poster by Lift Up celebrating the upcoming 100th Anniversary. This time it features Ivan Udodov, the first Soviet Olympic champion in weightlifting (1952). Ivan Udodov previosly at Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski:
History in Color: David Rigert of Team CCCP Weightlifting cj’s 220kg and becomes the world champion in Gettysburg, USA (1978). It was the 7th world title of the legendary weightlifter.
History in Color: Karlis Pumpurins of Riga, Latvia is preparing to press 195kg at the 1971 USSR Spartakiade in Moscow
History in Color: World record holder and one of the best Soviet lifters in the 100kg class of the late 1970s, Dzhamal Panakhov of Kokchetav, Kazakhstan is performing a cj lift at the 1977...
History in Color: “It’s going to be OK!” says legendary featherweight Dito Shanidze of Tbilisi, Georgia while approaching the weight before the press lift at the 1971 USSR Spartakiade in Moscow. Original b/w photo...
History in color: August 1, 1967 – 23-year old Jaan Talts of Estonia sets two new world records in the 90kg weight class at the 1967 USSR Spartakiade. Talts won his first gold medal...
History in Color: A group shot of Team CCCP Weightlifting during their stay in the USA at the 1978 World Championhip. The original photo by Bruce Klemens (USA) Front row (l to r)): D.Rigert...
History in Color Series: Introduction of the 110+kg athletes at the 1971 USSR Spartakiade and Championships in Moscow. Left to right: Kuzmin (Russia), Alexeev (Russia), Batishchev (Ukraine), Nuude (Estonia), Sliede (Latvia), Kazandzhyan (Georgia), Khizambareli...