Just stumbled across this photo from the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.
Leonid Taranenko, Valentin Khristov, Gyorgy Szalai.
Something felt wrong about it, so I found the original.
Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Just stumbled across this photo from the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.
Leonid Taranenko, Valentin Khristov, Gyorgy Szalai.
Something felt wrong about it, so I found the original.
They all look overjoyed to be on the podium!
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.