Kyiv Strong: Nikolay Laputin
History in Color: October 3, 1947, Helsinki, Finland – Soviet heavyweight Nikolay Laputin performs a snatch lift in the 82.5+kg weight class at the 1947 European Championships in Helsinki. It was the first European...
History in Color: October 3, 1947, Helsinki, Finland – Soviet heavyweight Nikolay Laputin performs a snatch lift in the 82.5+kg weight class at the 1947 European Championships in Helsinki. It was the first European...
History in Color: Alexander Donskoy (1913-1956) was one of the best Soviet bantam and flyweights in the 1930s and 1940s. He competed for the Temp and Spartak clubs of Kiev. During his career as...
History in Color: July 1952 – Member of Team USSR Weightlifting, middle heavyweight Grigory Novak participates in the joint photo session organized by the Soviet media at one of the last training camps before...
March 12, 2022 – Legendary Soviet Olympic weightlifter David Rigert celebrates his 75th Birthday today. Olympic champion, 6x World and 9x European champion, 5x USSR champion and author of 65 world records, David Rigert...
February 20, 2022 – All-time hockey Legend, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, former super star center of the Chicago Black Hawks, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers and, of course, Team...
History in Color: July 30, 1983, Moscow, Russia, USSR – Sub heavyweight Victor Sots of Donetsk, Ukraine is performing his signature push jerk style with 227.5kg in his second attempt in the 100kg class...
February 8, 2022 – Olympic champion Israil Arsamakov celebrated his 60th Birthday! Israil Arsamakov is a Soviet Olympian who won the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and became the first weightlifter from the Chechen-Ingushetia...
January 30, 2022 – Outstanding Olympic weightlifting referee Sergey Artamonov celebrates his 85th Birthday today! Sergey Artamonov served as an official at the national and international IWF competitions for decades and without any doubts...
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...