Rafael Belenkov: World Record in Press
History in Color: April 11, 1972, Tallinn, Estonia – Rafael Belenkov of Minsk, Belarus sets a new world record in press (128kg) in the bantamweight class at the 1972 USSR Championship in Tallinn, Estonia....
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The Last World Record Of Vasily Alexeev
History in Color: This is a historic moment. In his weightlifting career, Vasily Alexeev set 80 world records and this the very last one set by the super legend. On November 1, 1977, Alexeev...
Antonio Krastev Of Bulgaria Wins the World Title
History in Color: Antonio Krastev of Haskovo, Bulgaria for the first time in his career becomes a World Champion at the 1985 World championships in Sodertelje, Sweden. Krastev won the tournament with the 437.5kg...
V.Alexeev: The Strongest Man On the Planet In the 1970s
On January 7, 2018, Vasily Alexeev (1942-2011) would have turned 76. Legendary super heavyweight Vasily Alexeev was the strongest man in the world of the 1970s. He was always the last one to enter...
Viva Las Vegas. Top 10 World Record Breakers.
History in Color: August 12, 1978, Las Vegas, USA – David Rigert of Shakhty, Russia sets a new world record in the snatch lift (178.5kg) in the 100kg weightclass at the invitational international tournament...
Alexander Senshin: World Record in Moscow (1980)
May 13, 1980, Moscow – Alexander Senshin of Voroshilovgrad, Ukraine clean-and-jerks 142.5 kg at the 1980 USSR Championship held at the Izmaylovo Arena in Moscow. It’s a new world record in the 52kg weight...
Felix Naniev
November 28, 1971 – 21-year old Felix Naniev of the Northern Ossetia sets a new world record in the clean-and-jerk lift at the 1971 USSR Championship (youth) in Cherepovets, Russia. Felix Naniev cleaned-and-jerked 194kg...
World Record By Dzhamal Panakhov
Dzhamal Panakhov in the History in Color A few days ago, we received a nice message sent to us by one of the best Soviet sub heavyweights (100kg weight class) Dzhamal Panakhov:...
The Last Tournament of Yury Vlasov
History in Color: Moscow, USSR, April 15, 1967 – Yury Vlasov presses 199kg (world record) at the 9th Summer Spartakiade of Moscow. This was the last world record set by the legendary super heavyweight...
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...
