NEW YORK - Vasily Alekseyev, the Soviet weight lifter who won two Olympic gold medals and set 80 world records, reigning as the so-called world’s strongest man in the 1970s, died Friday at a heart ...

There were 6,084 athletes who took part in the 1976 Olympic Games, but there was one who was definitely larger than life: Vasily Alexeev. The weightlifter from the Soviet Union stood 6-foot-1 and ...

MOSCOW – Super heavyweight lifter Vasily Alekseyev, who dominated the sport throughout the 1970s and set 80 world records for the Soviet Union, has died. He was 69. The Russian weightlifting ...

MOSCOW, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Former Soviet weightlifter Vasily Alekseyev, who won two Olympic and eight world super heavyweight titles and set 80 world records during his illustrious career, died on ...

Legendary Russian weightlifter Vasily Alekseyev — who became a Soviet-era Cold War icon, as well as a household name in the US thanks to his frequent appearances on "Wide World of Sports" in the 1970s ...

MOSCOW -- Super heavyweight lifter Vasily Alekseyev, who dominated the sport throughout the 1970s and set 80 world records for the Soviet Union, has died. He was 69. The Russian weightlifting ...

MOSCOW — Super heavyweight lifter Vasily Alekseyev, who dominated the sport throughout the 1970s and set 80 world records for the Soviet Union, has died. He was 69. The Russian weightlifting ...

Mirabai Chanu, 26, lifted a total of 202 kilograms (87 kg + 115 kg) to win silver in the 49 kg women's weightlifting category at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. After a podium finish, she went on to enjoy a ...

I'll miss LeRoy Neiman. And Teofilo Stevenson. And Vasily Alekseyev. In leaving, each of them carries away part of my past. The American painter, the Cuban heavyweight and the Soviet weightlifter all ...