Thomas Lurz (Germany), winner of the gold medal in the 25 km open water finals at the FINA World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona (cropped image).27.07.2013#2254460
Great Britain's Dwain Chambers in the 60 metre sprint at the International Track and Field Athletics Tournament "Russian Winter 2012".05.02.2012#1030547
World and European gymnastics champion Alina Kabayeva performing with a hoop at the European championship.05.05.2003#57465
Russian figure skaters (men's singles) Alexander Abt (left) and Yevgeny Plyushchenko.01.11.2002#786359
Russian gymnast Irina Chashchina performing in Berlin at the free callisthenics Grand Prix 2002. The gymnast was first in combined events.09.09.2002#380355
Yelena Khvorova and Sergei Ryupin, gold medalists at the Russian Championships in Latin American Dance held among professionals. Luzhniki Palace of Sports.09.04.2001#883195
Yelena Khvorova and Sergei Ryupin won gold medal at the Russian Championships in Latin American Dance held among 30 professional pairs of the world dance elite. Luzhniki Palace of Sports.09.04.2001#883194
The Tatyana's Day (Russian Students Day) traditional festival celebrations at Lomonosov Moscow State University. A concert in the spectators' hall. Center, from left: Anastasia Yefimenko, the 17-year-old first-year best student of the University's Faculty of Fundamental Medicine; Irina Privalova, best athlete of Lomonosov Moscow State University and 2000 Olympic champion; Viktor Sadovnichy, Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University.25.01.2001#8898496
Tianjin, China. October 8-16, 1999. The 34th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Photo: Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina before winning first place in the parallel beams event during the finals and scored 9.837.15.10.1999#8891714
Tianjin, China. October 8-16, 1999. The 34th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Photo: Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina won first place in the parallel beams event during the finals and scored 9.837.15.10.1999#8891682
Tianjin, China. October 8-16, 1999. The 34th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Photo: Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina exercises on the balance beam during the all-round women's team event.09.10.1999#8891687
Tianjin, China. October 8-16, 1999. The 34th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Photo: Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina won bronze, while performing floor exercises.09.10.1999#8891643
Track and field athlete Maxim Tarasov preparaing for a pole vault. Znamensky Brothers Memorial track and field tournament. Lokomotiv stadium.01.06.1996#825133
European Billiards Championship among veterans and juniors under the auspices of the European Federation of Pocket Billiards, held on August 6-11, 1991 at the Leningrad State Circus (now the Great St. Petersburg State Circus). The youngest participant in the championship is 12-year-old Evgeny Stalev.06.08.1991#8590882
Anatoly Firsov, prominent hockey player and Olympic champion, member of the USSR Supreme Soviet.23.11.1990#6651135
The Tournament of Hope. World Junior Weightlifting Championships in Moscow. Left: Leonid Zhabotinsky, Soviet weightlifter in super heavy weight, Merited Master of Sports, presents an award to 16-year-old weightlifter and winner of the competition.30.05.1990#8454305
Valery Shcherbo, member of the USSR national artistic gymnastics team, at a training base in Krugloye, Moscow Region.16.04.1990#8307623
The 15th Olympic Winter Games in Calgary, Canada (February 13-28, 1988) Photo: Alexander Popov, a member of the Soviet national biathlon team, takes part in a ski race.22.02.1988#6664265
Natalya Lisovskaya, merited master of sports, world record holder in shot put, 1987 world champion, winner of the 1987 European Cup. Spartak Sport Society.01.12.1987#8494228
Natalya Lisovskaya, merited master of sports, world record holder and shot putter, world champion (1987), winner of the 1987 European Cup. Spartak sports society.01.12.1987#8494227
Boxing at the 1986 Goodwill Games (July 5-20, 1986). Boxer Ruslan Taramov (USSR), right, defeats Parker White (USA) in the final match for the middleweight category (up to 75 kg). Olimpiysky Sports Center.19.07.1986#5779911
July 5-20, 1986. The Goodwill Games in Moscow. Women's artistic gymnastics competitions at the Olimpiisky Sports Complex. From left: Winners in the all-round balance beam event: Gymnast Yelena Shushunova (Soviet Union, silver), champion of the Games Veras Kolesnikova (Soviet Union, gold) and gymnast Diana Dudeva (Bulgaria, bronze) during the medals ceremony.16.07.1986#8843767
July 5-20, 1986. The Goodwill Games in Moscow. Women's artistic gymnastics competitions at the Olimpiisky Sports Complex. Soviet gymnast Yelena Shushunova, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, won four gold medals in the team qualification, the vault and parallel bar exercises. She also won silver in the all-round competitions and beam exercises.16.07.1986#8832267
Galina Chistyakova, Soviet track and field athlete and world record holder in long jump, with her husband, Alexander Beskrovny, at home in Moscow.18.08.1985#8367842
Galina Chistyakova, Soviet track and field athlete and world record holder in long jump, with her husband, Alexander Beskrovny, and daughter Irina.18.08.1985#8367841
Galina Chistyakova, Soviet track and field athlete and world record holder in long jump.18.08.1985#8367840
Defender of the USSR national ice hockey team, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, repeated champion of the USSR, world and Europe, champion of the XIV Winter Olympic Games Vyacheslav Fetisov at the World and European Ice Hockey Championships in 1985 in Prague.04.07.1985#8444872
Galina Chistyakova, European champion in 1985, International Sports Master, world record holder in indoor long jump (7 meters 25 centimeters).01.07.1985#822161
Galina Chistyakova, European champion in 1985, International Sports Master, world record holder in indoor long jump (7 meters 25 centimeters), and her coach Vyacheslav Sokolov.01.07.1985#822160
Tamara Bykova, Soviet athlete and world champion in high jump, at a vineyard in the Rostov Region.05.09.1984#8209437
Tamara Bykova, Soviet athlete and world champion in high jump, meets Black Sea Fleet sailors.05.09.1984#8209432
Friendship-84 international competition. Track and field competition, August 17-18 in Moscow. Winner in triple jump Oleg Protsenko. Big Sports Arena of the Vladimir Lenin Stadium (now Luzhniki Olympic Center).17.08.1984#6351881
Friendship-84 international competition. Track and field competition, August 17-18 in Moscow. Hammer throwing winner, two-time Olympic champion Yury Sedykh. Big Sports Arena of the Vladimir Lenin Stadium (now Luzhniki Olympic Center).17.08.1984#6351879
Moscow hosts the Druzhba (Friendship)-84 competitions at the Grand Sports Arena of the Lenin Central Stadium, now the Luzhniki Stadium. Photo: Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, World Track and Field Champion Sergei Bubka performs a pole vault.17.08.1984#8798400
Tamara Bykova, Soviet athlete and world champion in high jump, during a training session.05.06.1984#8209448
Tamara Bykova, Soviet athlete and world champion in high jump, at the Sports Palace in Rostov-on-Don (now Sport-Don).05.02.1984#8209434
Tamara Bykova, Soviet athlete and world champion in high jump, during a training session.02.02.1984#8209433
Tamara Bykova, Soviet athlete and world champion in high jump, interviews three-time Olympic champion in triple jump Viktor Saneyev.02.02.1984#8209431
The Ukrainian SSR. Three-time world weightlifting champion Anatoly Pisarenko near his home in Kiev.10.12.1983#8293682
Three-time world weightlifting champion Anatoly Pisarenko (left) and Soviet freestyle wrestler, Olympic champion, three-time world champion Anatoly Beloglazov (right) during a joint training session in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR.10.12.1983#8577199
Three-time world weightlifting champion Anatoly Pisarenko with his son Vladislav at home in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR.10.12.1983#8577197
Three-time world weightlifting champion Anatoly Pisarenko during a training session in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR.10.12.1983#8577196
Three-time world weightlifting champion Anatoly Pisarenko and Soviet freestyle wrestler and three-time world champion Anatoly Beloglazov (wearing red) train in Kiev, the Ukrainian SSR.10.12.1983#8577195
Three-time world weightlifting champion Anatoly Pisarenko at home with his son Vladislav in Kiev, the Ukrainian SSR.10.12.1983#8577194
Two-time Olympic champion (Montreal, 1976, and Moscow, 1980) in hammer throwing Yury Sedykh walks with his daughter Aleksiya.30.09.1983#8204856
Two-time Olympic champion (Montreal, 1976, and Moscow, 1980) in hammer throwing Yury Sedykh works out.30.09.1983#8204855
Arvydas Sabonis, Soviet basketball player and BC Zalgiris Vilnius' center, is seen in the arts gallery in Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR.01.03.1983#8392356
The 1983 USSR Premier Basketball League. A match between Zalgiris Vilnius and CSKA Moscow at the stadium in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR. Zalgiris' center Arvydas Sabonis, center, during a talk with the coach.01.03.1983#8392355
Arvydas Sabonis, Soviet basketball player and BC Zalgiris Vilnius' center, is seen in the arts gallery in Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR.01.03.1983#8392353
Soviet gymnast Olga Bicherova, absolute world champion 1981, is seen practicing with her coach Boris Orlov.21.06.1982#6701444
The 9th International Artistic Gymnastics Tournament for the prize of the Moskovkiye Novosti (March 26-28, 1982). Winner of the tournament Alexander Pogorelov performs a ring routine. Vladimir Lenin Central Stadium in Luzhniki (now Luzhniki Olympic Center).28.03.1982#6676593
Second left: Sanasar Oganisyan, Soviet freestyle wrestler, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, Olympic Champion of 1980, with his family.01.03.1981#8778041
Four-times European champion, twice world weightlifting champion, USSR Olympic team member Yurik Vardanyan.01.07.1980#813634
Svetlana Ulmasova-Glukharyova, Soviet track and field athlete, merited Master of Sports of the USSR, and European 3,000m champion.29.05.1980#8186729
Yury Vardanyan, European Weightlifting Champion in the 82.5 kg weight class, during the awards ceremony at the 1980 European Weightlifting Championships which took place in Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, from April 26 through May 4, 1980.02.05.1980#8178435
Right: Vera Zozulya, luger and Olympic Champion (Lake Placid, February 1980), with her daughter in a Riga park. Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic.04.03.1980#8183792
