January 25th, 2018
Boston Landmark. Evening Prospective
Memorial Drive: Night Traffic
Mount Auburn
Evening Promenade
Ready To Go?
Group Run In Cambridge
Out Of Focus
35 MPH
One Month Ago
Just a month ago – Christmas celebration at Chidlovski place.
It was the first Christmas without Chickie at home…
It was a strange feeling – a mix of sadness of being alone and a joy of upcoming energy and hopes.
Love to the family and friends!
Why a month later? Nah, no expiration dates for celebrations!
Proud To Be An American (1972)
Original black-and-white shot of Olympic Team USA 1972 was published in the “Strength and Health” magazine.
Left to right:
Front row:
Dan Cantore (67.5kg, 9th place), Russ Knipp (75kg, 8th place), Fred Lowe (75kg, 9th place);
Back row:
John Terpak (Coach), Rudy Sablo (Manager), Phillip Grippaldi (90kg, 4th place), Patrick Holbrook (90kg, 5th place), Ken Patera (11o+kg), Alan Ball (110kg, 11th place), Frank Capsouras (110kg, 10th place), Mike Karchut (82.5kg)
More Weightlifting Americana in Color
Weight | Class | Name | Total (kg) | |
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52 | Flyweight | Zygmunt SMALCERZ, Poland | 112.5OR+100+125 = 337.5 | |
56 | Bantamweight | Imre FOLDI, Hungary | 127.5OR+0.5+142.5 = 377.5WR | |
60 | Featherweight | Norair NURIKIAN, Bulgaria | 127.5OR+117.5+157.5WR = 402.5EWR | |
67.5 | Lightweight | Mukharby KIRZHINOV, Soviet Union | 147.5+135EOR+177.5WR = 460WR | |
75 | Middleweight | Yordan BIKOV, Bulgaria | 160+140+185 = 485WR | |
82.5 | Light Heavyweight | Leif JENSSEN, Norway | 172.5OR+150OR+185 = 507.5OR | |
90 | Middle Heavyweight | Andon NIKOLOV, Bulgaria | 180+155+190 = 525OR | |
110 | Heavyweight | Jaan TALTS, Soviet Union | 210OR+165+205 = 580OR | |
110+ | Super Heavyweight | Vasily ALEXEEV, Soviet Union | 235OR+175OR+230OR = 640OR |
Note: To view a complete list of the winners in the weight classes above,
please follow the link associated with the weight class.
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Super Heavyweight Medalists (1967)
History in Color features the medal ceremony of the super heavyweights at the 1967 Little Olympics.
Rank | Athlete | Results (kg) | |
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1 | Stanislav BATISHCHEV, Soviet Union | 185+155+210 = 550 | |
2 | Joseph DUBE, United States | 195+155+200 = 550 | |
3 | George PICKETT, United States | 187.5+140+192.5 = 520 | |
4 | Serge REDING, Belgium | 170+142.5+200 = 512.5 | |
5 | Oldrich LEXA, Czechoslovakia | 170+132.5+182.5 = 485 | |
6 | Ray RIGBY, Australia | 162.5+132.5+177.5 = 472.5 |
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In 1967, the International Weightlifting Federation didn’t run the World Championship. It does look odd for those who like a consistent flow of events in the history books.
The 1966 World Championship was held in East Berlin and then the events record goes directly to the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with a one year blank in between. The 1967 World Championship was actually scheduled to be conducted in Japan. However, Japan didn’t have diplomatic relationship with East Germany and the athletes of the GDR team didn’t get visas to enter Japan. The Soviet and Eastern block weightlifting teams showed solidarity with East Germany and boycotted the tournament.
The 1967 World Championship was cancelled. Instead the top lifters gathered in the Mexico City and competed at the 1967 Pre-Olympics tournament . It was nick-named Little Olympics.
The 1967 Little Olympics was marked with 8 world records and outstanding performance by the elite of the weightlifting world at the time.
Complete information at the 1967 Little Olympics @ Lift Up