Tommy Kono: Strong in Moscow in 1961
History in Color: March 10, 1961, Moscow, Russia – 30-year super star of Olympic weightlifting, Tommy Kono of the United States competes in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1961 Prize of Moscow International...
History in Color: March 10, 1961, Moscow, Russia – 30-year super star of Olympic weightlifting, Tommy Kono of the United States competes in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1961 Prize of Moscow International...
History in Color: April 9, 1972, Budapest, Hungary– Light heavyweight Rumen Rusev of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, snatches 156kg and sets a new world record during the competitions in the 82.5kg class at the Danube...
History in Color: London, Great Britain, November 1974 – Legendary Soviet super heavyweight Vasily Alexeev is being caught on camera while showing a prospective of power and strength in front of the Tower Bridge...
History in Color: March 18, 1970, Minsk, Belorussia – Soviet giant of the super heavyweight Vasily Alexeev of Shakhty, Russia reaches 600kg (213+170+217.5) in total in the 110+kg class at the 1970 Friendship Cup...
History in Color: September 25, 1969, Warsaw, Poland –25-year old Masashi Ohuchi of Team Japan sets a new world record in the snatch lift (152.5kg) and wins the gold in the 82.5kg weight class...
History in Color: September 26, 1971, Lima, Peru – The super heavyweights receive their medals in the 110kg class tournament at the 1971 World Championships in Lima (left to right): Ivan Atanasov (Bulgaria, bronze...
History in Color: Moscow, October 30, 1983 –24 year-old Soviet heavyweight Vyacheslav Klokov is performing a 192.5kg snatch lift while competing in the 110kg weight class at the 1983 World Championships in Moscow. Vyacheslav...
January 7, 2020 – Legendary Vasily Alexeev (1942-2011) would have been 78 today. Happy Birthday to the Legend!
History in Color: October 24, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 19-year old Stefan Topurov of Team Bulgaria sets a new world record in clean-and-jerk (180kg) in the 60kg weight class at the 1983 World Championships...
History in Color: June 1964, Paris, France – Legendary super heavyweight, 28-year old Yury Vlasov of Team USSR goes for a clean-and-jerk world record (215kg) at the invitational international tournament dedicated to the 50th...