Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin trains ahead of his bout with Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko. The exhibition photo bank.02.10.2013#2760298
Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin, center, trains ahead of his bout with Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko. The exhibition photo bank.02.10.2013#2760286
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
Tournament of Hopes. World Championship in weightlifting among juniors in Moscow. Merited Master of Sports of the USSR. Young weightlifters from China during a meeting with Soviet weightlifter, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, Merited Coach of the USSR, Honored Worker of Physical Culture of the RSFSR Vladimir Pushkarev, right.30.05.1990#8454278
Tournament of Hopes. World Championship in weightlifting among juniors in Moscow. Karen Igityan, winner among young men in the weight category up to 75 kg.30.05.1990#8454277
Tournament of Hopes. World Championship in weightlifting among juniors in Moscow. Yury Doev, bronze medalist of competitions among young men in the weight category up to 90 kg.30.05.1990#8454274
The Goodwill Games in Moscow (5-20 July 1986). Judo finals in the weight category up to 60 kg in the Druzhba universal sports hall. Duel of Mikhiro Mukai, Japan, and Soviet judoka Igor Zhuchkov, left. The match ended with the victory of Japanese judoka Mikhiro Mukai, silver went to Igor Zhukov (USSR).20.07.1986#8832682
July 5-20, 1986. The Goodwill Games in Moscow. Weightlifting competitions at the Izmailovo Sports Palace. From left: Winners and medalists in the 100 kg weight category: Nicu Vlad (Romania, sliver medal in two exercises), Ruslan Balayev (Soviet Union, gold medal) and Petr Krukowski (Polish People' Republic, bronze medal).20.07.1986#8843797
July 5-20, 1986. The Goodwill Games in Moscow. Weightlifting competitions at the Izmailovo Sports Palace. Winners and medalists in the 110 kg-plus weight category. Center: Leonid Taranenko (Soviet Union), second place. Left: Alexander Gunyashev (Soviet Union), second place. Right: Robert Skolimowski (Polish People's Republic), third place, on the pedestal of honor.20.07.1986#8843788
The Goodwill Games in Moscow (5-20 July 1986). Freestyle wrestling competitions in the Druzhba universal sports hall. Bronze medalist, wrestler Nejmi Gencalp (Turkiye, right) during a fight in the weight category up to 82 kg with a wrestler from Japan.13.07.1986#8836182
The 1986 Goodwill Games, which took place in Moscow on July 5-20, 1986. Left: Sergei Beloglazov, captain of the Soviet men's freestyle wrestling national team, after winning the match against Stefan Ivanov (Bulgaria) during the men's freestyle wrestling 57 kg competition at Druzhba Multipurpose Arena.12.07.1986#8831122
Goodwill Games in Moscow (July 5-20, 1986). Druzhba Universal Sports Hall. Freestyle wrestling. Wrestlers Richard Salamon (US, left) and K. Mevzi (Turkiye) during a bout in the weight category up to 48 kg.11.07.1986#8836208
Soviet Estonian weight-lifter, Olympic Champion and Merited Master of Sports of the USSR Jaan Talts and his son.01.11.1983#6709412
The VIII Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR, May 11 - August 5, 1983. American weightlifter Cladis Luke at the final weightlifting competition at the Izmailovo Sports Palace in Moscow, July 22-31, 1983.22.07.1983#8489372
Moscow. May 11-August 5, 1983. The 8th Summer Spartakiad of Soviet Nations . Photo: Hungarian weightlifter Gyorgy Rehus-Uzor take part in the weightlifting finals at the Izmailovo Sports Palace, July 22-31, 1983.22.07.1983#8415656
Yury Zakharevich, 19, silver medalist of the 1981 World Weightlifting Championships in Lille, competes in the USSR Weightlifting Championships (May 17-23, 1982) in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.22.05.1982#6700682
The 39th USSR boxing championship, Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, 18-25 November, 1973. Lightweight boxer Vladimir Kharchenko during a break.18.11.1973#5886417
The 39th USSR boxing championship, Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, 18-25 November, 1973. A moment of a bout.18.11.1973#5886414
1970 Box Soviet Championship that was held in the Lithuanian SSR on November 14 - 24, 1970. Soviet boxer Anatoly Semyonov.14.11.1970#5588145
1970 Box Soviet Championship that was held in the Lithuanian SSR on November 14 - 24, 1970. Soviet boxer Oleg Korotayev.14.11.1970#5588143
Lightweight boxers Vladimir Minikayev (60 kg), member of the USSR national youth boxing team, right, and Derik Voskanyan, during the 1968 USSR Boxing Championship in Leninakan (July 5-16, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic).14.07.1968#6065494
1968 USSR Boxing Championship, 5-16 July, Leninakan, Armenian SSR. A bout of the minimumweight division under 48 kg. Right: 1967 USSR champion Anatoly Semyonov.14.07.1968#6065489
The 18th Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. October 10-24, 1964. The fight between Soviet boxer, European champion, winner of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo Richards Tamulis, right, and East German boxer Bruno Guse.24.10.1964#5483624
Boris Nikonorov, silver medalist of the 1963 European Boxing Championships (light-weight category), on the ring.24.03.1964#5827404
Soviet weightlifter, champion of the USSR and medalist of European and world championships Sergey Lopatin.03.02.1963#5996674
July 19- August 3, 1952. The 15th Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland. On July 25, the Messuhalli Gym hosted the men's weightlifting competitions (weight category up to 56 kilograms). This photo shows Ivan Udodov, the first Soviet weightlifting champion after the medals ceremony.25.07.1952#8556531
July 19- August 3, 1952. The 15th Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland. On July 25, the Messuhalli Gym hosted the men's weightlifting competitions (weight category up to 56 kilograms). Center: Ivan Udodov, the first Soviet weightlifting champion, who won gold on the pedestal. Iranian weightlifters Mahmoud Namju and Ali Mirzai won silver and bronze each.25.07.1952#8556503
