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This section of the site presents selected articles, interviews, presentations and research studies related to various aspects Olympic Weightlifting.
Interviews
- Agam Gnatov, Ukraine (2008)
- Kaarlo Kangasniemi, Finland (2008)
- Gennady Ivanchenko, Latvia (2007)
- Gennady Bessonov, Russia (2006)
- Joe Dube, USA (2005)
- Norair Nurikian, Bulgaria (2005)
- David Rigert, Russia (2003)
- Leonid Taranenko, Belarus (2002)
- Aslanbek Yenaldiev, Russia (2002)
- Norbert Schemansky, USA (2002)
- Rudolph Plukfelder, Germany (2002)
- Anatoly Pisarenko, Ukraine (2000)
- Ivan Abadzhiev, Bulgaria (1999)
- Alexander Kurlovich, Belarus (1999)
- John Davis, USA (1993)
- Yury Vlasov, Russia (1986)
Reviews
- USSR: Top National Level Athletes
by Arthur Chidlovski (2008) - Next Stop Beijing: 2008 Olympics, Before and After
by Arthur Chidlovski (2008) - The Eraser: Drug-Related Disqualifications in Men's Weightlifting at Summer Olympics
by Arthur Chidlovski (2008) - In Memoriam
by Arthur Chidlovski (2007) - Weightlifting Equipment Through The Ages
by Dresdin Archibald, Canada (2007) - Kakhi Kakhiashvili, Olympic Champion
by Ana Datiashvili, Georgia (2007) - Powerlift Rules
by Arthur Chidlovski (2007) - Taranenko, 266Kg: The Untold Story
by Paul Coffa (2007) - Super Study: Another Mystery of the Legend
by Arthur Chidlovski (2006) - Split Style Techniques in the Snatch and in the Clean Lifts
by Arthur Chidlovski (2006) - Olympic Press Techniques: The Way They Did It Before 1972
by Arthur Chidlovski (2006) - Olympic Snatch Techniques: The Classics in Action
by Arthur Chidlovski (2006) - Olympic Clean and Jerk Techniques
by Arthur Chidlovski (2006) - Non-Split Jerk Techniques
by Arthur Chidlovski (2006) - Karl Pumpurins
by Arthur Chidlovski (2006) - The Last Days Of Alexander Pervy (2006)
- Doug Hepburn and Paul Anderson: Comparison and Contrast
by Dresdin Archibald, Canada - Olympic Weightlifting: All-Time Top Lists (200-250-450) (2004)
- Gold Rush of Trofim Lomakin (2004)
- Olympic Weightlifting: Qualification Ranking System in Russia (2001)
- Olympic Weightlifting: Qualification Ranking System in Russia (1988)
- 1984 International Friendship Cup ("Druzhba-84") by Y. Sandalov and S. Lepikov, USSR (1985)
- 1980 Olympics: David Rigert and Vasily Alexeev by Arkady Vorobyev, USSR (1980)
- Training Big Men In Sport
by Dresdin Archibald, Canada - A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Olympic Weightlifting Classics by Arthur Chidlovski
Training Methodology
- Program of Multi-Year Strategic Planning of Training in Olympic Weightlifting
by Boris Severov, Finland
Press Clip Archives
- Bar Bellmen, Time Magazine, Jul. 17, 1939
- Muscletown, Time Magazine, Jun. 19, 1944
- Muscles from Moscow, Time Magazine, May. 26, 1958
- Without Moving a Muscle, Time Magazine, Jan. 31, 1964
- The Big Caracas Drug Bust, Time Magazine, Sep. 5, 1983
- More Shorts, Time Magazine, Monday, Oct. 03, 1988
Portraits
Ivan Abadzhiev (Bulgaria) Vasily Alexeev (USSR) Paul Anderson (USA) Waldemar Baszanowski (Poland) Isaac Berger (USA) Gerd Bonk (Germany) Andrey Chemerkin (Russia) John Davis (USA) Pyrros Dimas (Greece) Imre Foldi (Hungary) Bob Hoffman (USA) Christos Iakovou (Greece) Akakide Kakhiashvilis (Greece) Tommy Tamio Kono (USA) Alexander Kurlovich (USSR) Alexey Medvedev (USSR) Yoshinobu Miyake (Japan) Halil Mutlu (Turkey) Rudolf Plukfelder (USSR) Sultan Rakhmanov (USSR) David Rigert (USSR) Yanko Rusev (Bulgaria) Norbert Schemansky (USA) Gottfried Schoedl (Austria) Naim Suleymanoglu (Turkey) Leonid Taranenko (USSR) Yurik Vardanyan (USSR) Charles Vinci (USA) Yury Vlasov (USSR) Arkady Vorobyev (USSR) Yury Zakharevich (USSR) Leonid Zhabotinsky (USSR)
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