Bud Winters

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          Carl Valle on October 1, 2008 at 11:46 pm #14897

          In 1960, Johnson arrived from Bakersfield Junior College to set world records for legendary Coach Bud Winter. The coach was just developing his renowned program at SJSU when Johnson arrived. By 1968, Winter had produced Olympic stars Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Lee Evans. In all, he coached 37 world-record holders and 27 Olympians.Johnson’s two years in San Jose would stay with him. He returned

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          burkhalter on October 3, 2008 at 2:38 pm #73063

          Check out some of the older Russian weightlifters like Vardanian and Rigert. They looked like they were in a trance before they lifted and then they seemingly smoke a world record.

          The Bulgarian Boevski looked smooth, effortless, and relaxed. Very “elastic” lifter. So did Kakhiasvillis.

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