Here Goes the New World Record In Paris!
Paris, France (February 14, 1971) – Vasily Alexeev just lifted 230kg (cj) and set another world record at the Memorial Jean Dame. This is his third world record of the day. Before, he lifted...
Paris, France (February 14, 1971) – Vasily Alexeev just lifted 230kg (cj) and set another world record at the Memorial Jean Dame. This is his third world record of the day. Before, he lifted...
There were definitely many candidates for a “poster boy” of Olympic weightlifting through its history. Gennady Ivanchenko, by all means, is in the top of this group. Well-built and strong. Confident, slick and reliable....
The weightlifting part of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome was about to begin. Soviet lifters were conducting their open training session and fellow athletes from Team USA stopped by to say hello. On...
“Weights are to be lifted by the back and legs!” It is the axiom of Olympic weightlifting. Whenever you first enter the training gym, it will be the first lesson by the coach. The photo...
Famous Olympic weightlifter Yevgeny Sypko of Team CCCP and Kazakhstan died at 53 on January 16, 2017. Sypko became world known when he set up the national record at 216.5kg at the 1990 Friendship...
This digitally enhanced historical photo of the Team CCCP Weightlifting features the athletes selected to represent the country at the 1979World Championship in Saloniki, Greece. Top row (L-R): Igor Kudyukov (Head Coach), n/a, Kanybek...
Trofim Lomakin was perhaps one of the most memorable personalities among the Soviet Olympic weightlifters in the 1950s. Lomakin won the gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki and the silver medal...
Legendary Vasily Alexeev was impressive not only on the competition platform in the Olympic weightlifting. There are many accounts of eyewitnesses about his multi-disciplinary talent. He was great in playing volleyball and tennis, in shot...
The moment captured here shows Soviet lightweight Victor Bushuev pressing 125kg at the weightlifting match between Team USA and Team USSR in 1958. These matches between the Soviet and American athletes in the mid...
Another group shot of Team CCCP weightlifting is showing the national team in the training camp in Crimea in 1981. This time, the photo session occasion was the visit of legendary dancer and artist...