 the fellow who first alerted me to Scott Smith's arranged signing with Vasily. |
 medals that celebrated his remarkable achievements in weightlifting. A writer for Sports Illustrated estimated the distance it covered across his barrel sized torso at four feet (or just over 1.2 m for you metric folks). |
 biography he says, "Many think she is perhaps my little daughter. They are convinced the wife of the strongest man must surely weigh 200 kilos." |
 former weightlifter turned wrestler Terry Manton. He had the honor of meeting the big man on his way to a weightlifting exhibition held in Las Vegas. A wrist injury kept Vasily from finishing the exhibition meet but, never one to disappoint his fans, he set a record in the one-armed snatch. |
 found in a newsgroup on the web. I don't know the source of the original picture but the "author" credits himself in the lower right corner. I believe this is from the 72 Olympics, but am not certain of it. |
 8x10 of Vasily performing the snatch. It was obtained through Scott Smith's arranged signing. Again I'm not certain of its origin, but if I had to guess I would say it looks to be from the 76 Olympics. |
 in his chest and delts I think this must be from fairly late in his career. |
 appears to be from quite early in Alexeyev's career. |
 it on a Russian site. It is apparently a publicity shot from a Soviet sports publication and I have left all identifying credits in it to hopefully avoid copyright infringement. |
