Tror ikke det, men topp fem i det forbundet skal visst inviteres, eller har fått
World’s Strongest Man 2009: More on the Competitors
by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. | ©2009 IronMind
In addition to those strongmen who have already qualified for the 2009 World’s Strongest Man contest, IronMind is hearing that “the top five from Strongman Champions League have been taken into account,” which we understand to mean that they might already have been earmarked for this A-list strongman event.
IronMind has heard the rumor that Zydrunas Savickas has been invited, but we have not been able to confirm that. We have also heard that Ervin Katona might be making his debut at this year’s World’s Strongest Man contest, but that would be contingent upon his being “fit in time.”
Someone close to the decision makers told IronMind, “World’s Strongest Man has never stopped the world’s best strongmen from going to WSM and now that the world of strongman is getting much closer, it appears that we will be able to have every top athlete in the world there [this year].”
Always exciting and fun, World’s Strongest Man 2009 promises to be the best one yet.
Zydrunas Savickas says “Yes” on World’s Strongest Man
by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. | ©2009 IronMind
As the 2009 World’s Strongest Man contest draws nearer, the big talk is about the big three in the strongman world: Mariusz Pudzianowski, Zydrunas Savickas, and Derek Poundstone.
First of all is the question of who’s going to show up, and at IronMind our guess is that as long as he is above ground and vertical, Derek Poundstone will be in Malta - he’s zeroed in on adding the World’s Strongest Man title to his collection of major strongman titles.
Next to consider is Zydrunas Savickas because as IronMind has written the obvious over and over again, Zydrunas Savickas is the de facto strongest guy on the professional strongman circuit. Yet, he hasn’t won the title of the contest that many think describes him to a T: World’s Strongest Man. For a few years, when IFSA split from the WSM world, Zydrunas Savickas was effectively locked out of World’s Strongest Man, but that’s all history now and with nearly everyone playing nice at the moment, there are no artificial barriers keeping some of the world’s top strongmen from competing in WSM.
“Yes,” Zydrunas Savickas told IronMind. I am going for sure to WSM.” And with the events now out in the public domain, IronMind asked the Big Z what he thought of them.
“Normal for World’s Strongest Man,” Savickas said and rather than boasting about how he planned to punch the performance levels to another galaxy, he modestly said
“If I win a competition with bad results in events I will be not happy. If I lift very good results, but lose the competition, I will be happy with my results. My goal in this sport is to lift big weights.”
Dette er en ekte strongman! Hvis Skog ikke skulle vinne så er det denne mannen jeg håper vinner. Uansett om han vinner konkurransen ved samme navn eller ikke så vil han være Verdens Sterkeste Mann. Og det er veldig kult å lese at et seriøst tidskrift som IronMind også ser ut til å mene det samme.
