chidlovski) wrote, chidlovski History in Color:
The cover photo shot rather from an unusual angle shows well-known Soviet weightlifting megastars of the 1970s during the introduction ceremony at the Baltic Cup:
Left to right:
Vladimir Ryzhenkov (82.5kg, Moscow, Russia, USSR), Vasily Kolotov (90kg, Pervouralsk, Russia, USSR), Valery Shary (82.5kg, Minsk, Belarus, USSR), David Rigert (90kg, Shakhty, Russia, USSR)
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