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Home » Leonid Taranenko » Big Hair = Big Lifts

Big Hair = Big Lifts

February 25, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Just stumbled across this photo from the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.

Leonid Taranenko, Valentin Khristov, Gyorgy Szalai.

1980 Olympics Moscow Weightlifting Leonid Taranenko Valentin Khristov Gyorgy Szalai

Something felt wrong about it, so I found the original.

Filed Under: Leonid Taranenko, olympics, Photos, videos, weightlifting

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Comments

  1. Giles Greenwood says

    September 18, 2014 at 15:09

    They all look overjoyed to be on the podium!

  2. Denissssss says

    October 8, 2014 at 16:47

    This is the photo from Moscow-1980, weightlifting, 110 kg class. The left one, Valentin Khristov of Bulgaria, was an Olympic champion in 1976 and set great records at the age of 19, but he was disqualified and lost the gold. Here in Moscow he won the snatch with 185 kg, but twice failed with 235 jerk, which is not many for him. After this he finished his career.

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