1. Tarmo Mitt EST 6 pts.
2. Jurki Rantanen FIN 18 pts.
3. Peter Aan EST 18 pts.
4. Rolands Gulbis LAT 20 pts.
5. Mareks Leytis LAT 20 pts.
6. Melis Huvato EST 23 pts.

Uli Schwarz
Franz Biel
Knut Handke
Raik Seume
Timo Neumeyer
Guido Biastoch
Torsten Starke
Martin Held
Uwe Helmbold
Daniel Frolich
Micheal Laabs

Plus Heinz Ollesch as the defending champ.

1. Uli Schwarz

2. Franz Beil

3. Knut Handke

4. Guido Biastoch

5. Martin Held

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1. Magnús Ver Magnússon 72

2. Benedikt Magnússon 52.5

3. Auðunn Jónsson 47.5

4. Georg Ogmundsson 46.5

5. Grétar Guðmundsson 46.5

6. Kristinn Óskar  45.5

7. Jón Valgeir 43.5

1. Franz Müllner 132
2. Bernd Kerschbaumer 113,5
3. Oliver Gratzer 91,5
4. Wolfgang Kriechbaum 90,5
5. Johann Kriechbaum 84
6. Mag. Markus Stark 80
7. Alexander Gaschinger 65,5
8. Christian Gärtner 61,5
9. Stefan Weiermann 61
10. Franz Leberwurst 45,5
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1. Mariusz Pudzianowski
2. Svend Karlsen
3. Zydrunas Savickas
4. Tomi Lotta
5. Magnus Samuelsson
6. Etienne Smit (South-Africa)
7. Heinz Ollesch
8. Edwin Hakvoort (Holland)
9. Tibor Meszaros
10. René Minkwitz
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1. Hugo Girard
2. Vasyl Virastiuk
3. Zydrunas Savickas
4. Mariusz Pudzinowski
5. Magnus Samuelson

6. Jesse Paulin
7. Raimonds Bergmanis
8. Jon Andersen
9. Dominick Filou
10. Mark Philippi
11. Geoff Dolan
12. Renee` Minkwitz

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Finland's Strongest Man

1. Tomi Lotta : 110,5p
2. Juha-Matti Räsänen : 105p
3. Jani Illikainen : 100p
4. Juha-Pekka Aitala : 100p
5. Harri Simonen : 97p
6. Pedro Karlsson : 83p
7. Esa Kinnunen : 80,5p
8. Hannu Vilkko : 80,5p

 

Finland's Strongest Woman

1. Kati Luoto : 47p
2. Reetta Touru-Leppänen : 34,5p
3. Tia Ruusuvuori : 32,5p
4. Tarja Koski-Sipilä : 31p
5. Katariina Nokua : 28p
6. Niina Jumppanen : 20,5p
7. Tiina Mustiala : 14p
8. Meri-Tuuli Karri : 8,5p
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1st Julie Dunkley
2nd Emma James
3rd Jo Cutts
4th Gemma Taylor
5th Elaine Bell?
6th Hanne Bingle
7th Mirrelle Blackett

 

See Pictures and athletes comments here:

1. Heinz Ollesch- Germany 60
2. Katona Ervin- Serbia 59
3. Jan Bartl- Czech Republic 49
4.Gregor Peksa- Poland 45
5. Denis Udoviè- Slovenia 40
6. Istvan Borzi- Hungary 36
7.Oliver Gapariè- Slovenia 33
7.Rolands Gulbis- Latvia 33
9. Mareks Leitis- Latvia 32
10.Guntars Kusin- Latvija 26
11. Igor Mitroviè  17
12. OSZI Ferenc- Slovak Republic 17
13. Christian Cerar- Italy 4

World Cup: Riga Latvia

36 athletes on 6 teams of 6 athletes

USA Team
Mark Philippi, Steve Kirit, Brian Schoonveld, Don Pope, Karl Gillingham, Phil Pfister. substitute John Anderson

Canadian Team
Hugo Girard, Jessen Paulin, Steve Bougeoise, Ryan Green, Geoff Dolan, Brad Provik

European Team
Vasyl Virastyuk, Mariusz Pudzianowski, Eddy Elwood, Sjaak Ruska, Richard Gosling, Franz Muellner

Scandinavian Team
Svend Karlsen, Magnus Samuelsson, Tomi Lotta, Juha Räsänen, Magnus Magnusson, Rene Minkvits.

World Team
Iran - Fatemi Mahrab, Grenada - Mark Felix, Russia- Elbrus Nightulin, Serbia- Irwin Katona, New Zealand- Levi Vaoga, Czech Republic- Jiri Zaloudek
Baltic Team
Raimonds Bergmanis, Zydrunas Savickas, rest to be named at a later date.

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1. Igor Pedan

2. Glenn Ross

3. Raivis Vidzis

4. Ralf Ber

5. Antanis Abrutis

6. Tarmo Mitt

7. Gregor Peksa

8. Michael Starov

9. Beerd Beekman

10. Richard Danis

11. Milan Jonanovic

12. Alan Block

13. Peter Karnoll

Full Results can be found at http://www.world-strongmancup.at

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Baltic's Strongest Man

1. Raimonds Bergmanis (Latvia) 78pts
2. Zydrunas Savickas (Lithuania) 69pts
3. Vilius Petrauskas (Lithuania) 69pts
4. Andrus Murumets (Estonia) 67pts
5. Saulius Brusokas (Lithuania) 59pts
6. Vidas Blekaitis (Lithuania) 55pts
7. Alvidas Brazdzius (Lithuania) 49pts
8. Guntis Hildebrants (Latvia) 42pts
9. Agris Kazelniks (Latvia) 40pts
10.Meelis Pungits (Estonia) 26pts
11.Gatis Kleins (Latvia) 20pts
12.Peters Ans (Estonia) 19pts
13.Imants Rozenlauks (Latvia) 17pts
14.Ivars Kazelniks (Latvia) 17pts

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Champions Trohpy

1. Mariusz Pudzianowski POL
2. Tomi Lotta FIN
3. Svend Karlsen NOR
4. Adam darazs HUN
5. Heinz Ollesch GER
6. Bernd Kerschbaumer AUT
7. Rene Minkwitz DEN
8-9 - the Turkish competitors
10. Jarno Hams HOL

Tomi Lotta set a new Finnish log lift record of 170kg.

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1 Rich Gosling
2. Ade Rollinson
3. Oli Thompson
4. Eddie Elwood
5. Stumpy
6. Mark Felix
7. Paul Portius
8. Rod Fullerton
9. Brian Turner
10. Spencer Hyland

The top 4 go to World's Strongest Man

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1. Darázs Ádám (HUN)
2. Katona Ervin (SCG)
3. Királyi Norbert (HUN)
4. Gabriel Ardelean (ROM)

 

Gabriel Ardelean also took another shot at a 187kg loglift record but just missed locking it out.
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Finland's Strongest Team final results.

 

JANNE VIRTANEN / TOMI LOTTA 30 points
HARRI SIMONEN / MIKA HILTUNEN 21,5
KAI PASANEN / KOLEHMAINEN JANI 15,5
JYRKI RANTANEN / LASSE-PEKKA MIKKONEN 13,5
J-P AITALA / MARKO OVASKAINEN 9,5
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Final placings of the Latvian Open

 

Raimonds Bergmanis, Latvia 52 points
Saulus Brusokas, Lithuania 51 points
Tomi Lotta, Finland 47,5 points
Guntis Hildebrants, Latvia 43 points
Agris Kazelniks, Latvia 41,5 points
Imants Rozenlauks, Latvia 27 points
Ivars Kazelniks, Latvia 25 points
Martins Polis, Latvia 17 points
Gatis Kleins, Latvia 14 points
Andris Leisavnieks, Latvia 9 points

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Torbjörn Samuelsson has made a succseful return to strongman winning the 1st qualifier to Sweden's Strongest man. He had been out of strongman for a year and a half do to health problems. I'd like to say congratulations to Torbjörn on his sucsesful return.

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1. Gabriel Ardelean ROM
2. Ervin Katona SLO
3. Adam Darasz HUN
4. Janos David HUN
5. Ferenc Oszi SK
6. Igor Mitrovic BOSNIA
7. Tibor Laki SK
8. Ion Iurca ROM

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1.Zydrunus Savikas
2.Svend Karlsen
3.Raimonds Bergmanis
4. Mark Philippi
5. Mariusz Pudzianowski
6. Vasil Virystuk
7. Brian Schoonveld
8. Anders Johansson
9. Steve Kirit
10. Istan Arvani

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Get full event results and pictures at http://www.world-strongmancup.at/