50 Years Ago in Alma Ata: Boris Selitsky (USSR)
50 years ago, on December 19-22, 1968, the 1968 USSR Team Championships tournament was held in Alma Ata, Kazakhstan. The winners were: 1st place – Soviet Army Team, 2nd place – Dynamo Team, 3rd...
50 years ago, on December 19-22, 1968, the 1968 USSR Team Championships tournament was held in Alma Ata, Kazakhstan. The winners were: 1st place – Soviet Army Team, 2nd place – Dynamo Team, 3rd...
History in Color: July 13, 1972, Riga, Latvia – Soviet middle heavyweight David Rigert of Shakhty, Russia presses a 198kg world record in the 90kg class at the 1972 Baltic Cup in Riga. David...
The Lift Up: History in Color series continues… April 9, 1965, Budapest, Hungary – legendary Imre Foldi of Team Hungary celebrates a new featherweight world record in press at the 5th Danube Cup in...
History in Color: March13, 1971, Rostov, Russia – Soviet middle heavyweight David Rigert of Shakhty, Russia sets two world records in the 90kg class at the 1971 Friendship Cup in Rostov-on-Don. At the tournament,...
History in Color: February 28, 1963, Budapest, Hungary – 19-year student and junior middleweight Karoly Bakos of Budapest, Hungary sets a new junior world record (120.5kg snatch) in the 75kg class. This was the...
History in Color: September 26, 1947, Philadelphia, PA, USA – 33-year old bantamweight Joe Di Pietro of Paterson, NJ, USA wins the World title and sets new world records in press (102.5kg), snatch (87.5kg)...
History in Color: July 17, 1964, Kiev, Ukraine – 24-year old Vladimir Belyaev, middleweight of the Army Club in Kiev, sets a new world record in clean-and-jerk (176.5kg) in his 4th attempt in the...
History in Color: April 28, 1965, Alushta, Russia – 29-year old super heavyweight Victor Andreev of Cheboksary, Russia is preparing to set a new world record in press (198kg). World records holder and national...
History in Color: July 30, 1979, Leningrad, Russia – Legendary Yurik Vardanyan of Team USSR and Leninakan (Gyumri), Armenia celebrates winning the tournament and setting 5 world records in the 82.5kg class at the...
We continue publishing selected Lift Up and History in Color series materials as a dedication and tribute to the legend of Yurik Vardanyan (06.13.1956 – 11.01.2018) July 26, 1980, Moscow, Russia – Outstanding Soviet...