History in Color:
July 26, 1980, Moscow, Russia – Legend of Olympic weightlifting Yurik Vardanyan of Gyumry, Armenia is preparing to clean 222.5 kg in the 82.5kg weight class at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Izmaylovo Weightlifting Arena.
Yurik Vardanyan (1980)
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