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Olympic weightlifting legend, Waldemar Baszanowski of Poland performs a 220kg back squat in training.
His coach Augustyn Dziedzic is spotting behind.
One of all-time greats. lightweight Baszanowski used split style for the clean lift and squat style in the snatch lift. Training of both back squat and splits were a part of the training process of the legendary Polish lifter.
The “before and after” visual snapshot features two remarkable bantamweight champions of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Alexey…
History in Color: Team USSR Weightlifting (Head coach Alexander Prilepin, 1983) in the training camp in Fergana, Uzbekistan (left to right):…
History in Color: March 8, 1958, Moscow, Russia, USSR – Medal winners in the lightweight class are being presented with their awards at the…
