History

Video Find: When the Clean and Press was King

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Lost Battalion Hall Weightlifting
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Footage of the clean and press being con­tested at the Empire State Invi­ta­tional. Date unknown. Uploaded by YouTube user cnclifter. Thanks for this trea­sure of a clip!

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Walde­mar Baszanowski: Pol­ish Hero

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Dresdin Archibald
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Dres­din Archibald’s in-​​depth sum­mary of the amaz­ing career of Pol­ish weightlift­ing great Wal­der­mar Baszanowski, who remains active in the sport and revered as a leg­end to this day.
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The Trans­mis­sion of Weightlift­ing Culture

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Dresdin Archibald
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Archibald Dresdin’s in-​​depth look at Cana­dian weightlift­ing: its his­tory, its cul­ture, and its greats.
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Doug Hep­burn and Paul Ander­son: Com­pare and Contrast

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Dresdin Archibald
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With the recent death of Doug Hep­burn (CAN) in Van­cou­ver there is renewed inter­est in this man and his role in the devel­op­ment of our sport. Any dis­cus­sion of Doug Hep­burn auto­mat­i­cally brings up the name of Paul Ander­son (USA) …
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John Davis Revisited

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Dresdin Archibald
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Guest author Dres­din Archibald’s thought­ful and knowl­edge­able look at over­looked leg­end John Henry Davis, the Amer­i­can weightlifter who was unde­feated for a 15-​​year period and ruled the sport in his day.
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Dear USAW: Please Help Our Sport Grow

Posted on August 14, 2007 by Leonard Bacino
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Imag­ine this: A youth sees a weightlift­ing exhi­bi­tion at his high school. Impressed by the dis­play of strength, skill, and speed he decides to learn Olympic lift­ing. He walks into a gym, engages the ser­vices of a coach, and learns the lifts. His peers, curi­ous of his new activ­ity, fol­low him to the gym. Some of them become inter­ested in the sport and par­tic­i­pate. Before long, some of their friends and con­tem­po­raries also become engaged in the sport…
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Weightlift­ing Equip­ment Through the Ages

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Dresdin Archibald
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To those of us who have been involved in our sport for a num­ber of decades it some­times seems that our sport is time­less[…] But if one were to sit down and review all of the changes that have occurred over the last 60 years or more he will be aston­ished at the num­ber of such changes.
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Remem­ber the Press

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Dresdin Archibald
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The fol­low­ing was con­tributed by Dres­din Archibald. It takes thor­ough research and weightlift­ing knowl­edge to write an arti­cle of this cal­iber. Dres­din knows this sport. We encour­age oth­ers to con­tribute arti­cles to us for pub­li­ca­tion on our web­site. His­tory of …
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Two Stars Named David

Posted on June 8, 2007 by Salvatore A. Avendanio
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This is the story of two young Olympic weightlift­ing enthu­si­asts. Both were born dur­ing the Cold War; both were named David. They came from oppo­site sides of the polit­i­cal plat­form. One grew up as a farm boy in the for­mer Soviet Union; one grew up as the only son of wealthy par­ents in NYC USA. (By guest author Sal­vador A. Aven­danio)
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Steroids in Sports

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Eddie Isaacs
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Base­ball fans have reacted hys­ter­i­cally to Jason Giambi’s admis­sion of steroid use. Steroids per­me­ated the Amer­i­can weightlift­ing scene in the 1960’s, about 40 years before we hear the com­plete naiveté about steroid use expressed by many.
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