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18 May 2013 Ervin Katona Wins the SCL Serbia in Close Battle
by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. | ©2013 IronMind
Marcel Mostert has just sent IronMind a report on the MHP Strongman Champions League contest in Serbia, where Ervin Katona held off Martin “The Deadlift Kid” Wildauer for the title. Ervin Katona, wearing the Fan Favorite shirt at the MHP Strongman Champions League Serbia on the 25-kg weight for height. IronMind® | Vladimir Velickovic photo.
This was the third stage of the MHP Strongman Champions League 2013 season and “The Austrian ‘Deadlift Kid’ was in a super shape and finished on second place, just 2 points behind Ervin,” Mostert said. “He won the weight for height with 25 kg in a personal record over 5.60 meter. He also did an attempt for a new world record at 5.80 meters, but just missed it by a few centimeters. “The new Latvian champion, Dainis Zageris, got a second place on the weight for height with 5.40 meter and a third place overall. A personal record for him as well. Tomi Lotta was wearing the MHP/SCL leader shirt as the highest ranked athlete and Ervin Katona won the MHP Fan Favorite Strongman shirt. “Jan Wagenaar from Holland did well with a sixth place, his best in an SCL contest so far. Johannes Arsjo got a little injury during the 360-kg frame walk and was very disappointed. Still, A beautiful sunny day with great crowd in a fantastic atmosphere made the competition a very succesful and exciting day,” said Mostert.
Overall results:
1. Ervin Katona (Serbia) 63.0 25.0 2. Martin Wildauer (Germany) 61.0 18.0 3. Dainis Zageris (Latvia 54.5 15.0 4. Lauri Nami (Estonia) 45.5 12.0 5. Tomi Lotta (Finland) 41.5 10.0 6. Jan Wagenaar (Holland) 37.5 8.0 7. Sebastian Kurek (Poland) 27.5 6.0 8. Akos Nagy (Hungary) 24.0 5.0 9. Johannes Arsjo* (Sweden) 20.5 4.0 10. Radojca Marinkovic (Serbia) 18.5 3.0 11. Alen Radosevic (Serbia) 18.0 2.0 12. Paul Pirjol (Romania) 17.0 1.0 *injured
The next stage of the MHP Strongman Champions League will be this coming weekend in Latvia, on May 25. 15 May 2013 MHP Strongman Champions League Serbia This Weekend
by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. | ©2013 IronMind
“We are preparing for the MHP Strongman Champions League Serbia which will happen coming weekend in Novi Sad, the second biggest city in Serbia,” Marcel Mostert told IronMind today.
Powered by MHP, the 2013 Strongman Champions League season continues in Serbia this weekend: “The weather will be hot, 30 degrees (86 F), the arena beautiful, and the athletes fired up for the title and the prize money," Marcel Mostert told IronMind. IronMind® | Image courtesy of SCL. “This is the 3rd stage of the MHP/SCL series out of 16. Next week the SCL Latvia will be done, followed by SCL Czech and SCL Holland. “It will be busy weeks and all top athletes around the world will appear in one or more shows in this period: Misha Koklyaev, Vytautas Lalas, Terry Hollands, Laurence Shahlaei, Krzystof Radzikowski and maybe even Zydrunas Savickas,” said Mostert. Start List:
Ervin Katona (Serbia) Johannes Arsjo (Sweden) Paul Pirjol (Romania) Sebastian Kurek (Poland) Tomi Lotta (Finland) Jan Wagenaar (Holland) Martin Wildauer (Germany) Lauri Nami (Estonia) Dainis Zageris (Latvia) Akos Nagy (Hungary) TBD* (Serbia) TBD* Serbia (Serbia)
Events:
Atlas Stones Truck Pull Power Team Forward Hold MHP Viking Press Farmer's Walk Weight for Height. Stay tuned for the results coming weekend! 16 April 2013 Vytautas Lalas wins the SCL/FIBO Fit X
by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. | ©2013 IronMind
“Last weekend, in a fully-packed arena, the vice world champion Vytautas Lalas won the FIBO/MHP Strongman Champions League in Germany,” Marcel Mostert reported to IronMind. Vytautus Lalas on the deadlift for reps at the SCL/FIBO strongman contest. Lalas, who has been on a roll in the strongman world, won this competition. IronMind® | Photo courtesy of SCL.
Trailer Highlights It was not easy for him, as after 5 events, the big Icelander ‘Thor’ was leading by half a point on Vytautas. Lalas impressed already at the ‘Giant Dumbbell Lift’ with a new record of 13 reps (90 Kg) , but he made a mistake on the Crucifix. Therefore it was the whole day an interesting fight for winning the FIBO title. “Until the last event, the deadlift for reps with 350 kg, Lalas showed his absolute power and did 9 reps, equal with Martin Wildauer ‘The Deadlift Kid.’ Thor couldn’t do more than 6 reps and finished therefore 2nd overall in the competition. Krzysztof, the leader in the MHP Strongman Champions League, finished 3rd overall. With Laurence Shahlaei on 4th, Ervin Katona on 5th and Misha Koklyaev on 6th place, we had an extremely strong top 6 finish with 14 competitors in total. "The FIBO this year was on a new place in Cologne, as the former expo site became too small! On Saturday, when the Strongman show was running, there were so much people that they stopped sell tickets at 3 pm. It was totally overcrowded! So, again a great success and we look forward to be back next year! Many thanks to Heinz Ollesch and Jens Thieme for their efforts and help in our Strongman Champions League," said Mostert. Krzysztof Radzikowski is the season leader so far in the 2013 MHP SCL strongman series. IronMind® | Photo courtesy of SCL. Final results, top six:
1. Vytautas Lalas (Lithuania) 71.5 2. Hafthor Julius Bjornsson (Iceland) 69.0 3. Krzyzstof Radzikowski (Poland) 64.5 4. Laurence Shahlaei (Iran) 58.0 5. Ervin Katona (Serbia) 56.0 6. Misha Koklyaev (Russia) 55.0
Mostert also told IronMind, “This coming Friday, 19 April, the first SCL competition from 2013, the SCL LAPLAND, will be broadcast on Eurosport 23.00 hours CET time.” 18 March 2013 Krzysztof Radzikowski wins the MHP SCL Iceman IV
by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. | ©2013 IronMind
Kicking off the 2013 MHP Strongman Champions League season, SCL Lapland, “better known as the ‘Iceman’ was won last weekend by the new Polish strong kid Krzysztof Radzikowski,” said Marcel Mostert. Radzikowski fought the winter weather as well as the events themselves to claim the Iceman IV title. IronMind® | Courtesy of SCL.
HIGHLIGHTS “In a snow white arena with a temperature of -18 degrees (at night -34) the strong Pole defeated the complete field, including local hero Tomi Lotta and Laurence Shahlaei from Iran, 2nd and 3rd place respectively. “Especially on the MHP Viking Press with 165 kg, Krzysztof made a great impression. He did 11 reps and could have broken the world record by Ervin Katona (13 reps) easily. However, for the win it was not necessary and he saved his energy. The 3 times Iceman champion Zydrunas Savickas, was also present as a guest of honor, and now Krzysztof is a worthy strong new champion at the Iceman. “In total, 8 events were needed to crown the new champion in this ice cold weather. Heavy, cold, difficult and new events were a challenge to the athletes in this weather, especially loading big, slippery ice cubes of 100 kg was a very special and ‘ice cold’ event. “J-F Caron from Canada and the new champion of Latvia, Dainis Zageris, missed the podium by just a few points. Exciting it was for sure, especially as the number 5 in the final event still could easily could achieve a 2nd place.
“The MHP Fan Favorite Strongman title went to Tomi Lotta. He was 2nd in the contest but also put down a perfect show and the audience loved him so they chose him as the best performer of the competition. Tomi Lotta is back! Overall,again a great event and we look forward to be back next year, despite the coldness,” Mostert said.
Here are the official overall points: 16-03-2013 SCL LAPLAND
09 March 2013 PREVIEW LOUIS CYR MOVIE TODAY! This is the first ever feature film on a legendary strongman. The highest budget ever allocated by theCanadian film agency : $ 9 millions. The movie is based on the biography of Louis Cyr written by Paul Ohl (president of FORTISSIMUS) IN 2005. A team of 10 researchers spent 4 months going through archives , reviewing more than 500 press clips and dozens of videos featuring SCL Worldchampion Zydrunas Savickas .Antoine Bertrand, casted as Louis Cyr, trained for one full year, putting on 30 pounds of muscles. He stand 1m88 and weighs 125 kg. Louis Cyr, the strong man is known worldwide Quebec in the late 19th century for his almost superhuma n physical strength. Who never refused a challenge and is never defeated in his country as elsewhere, this man has the power occupies a Hercules size in the collective memory of Quebec. Finally, the dramatic story of Louis Cyr take life as film and it's nobody else Antoine Bertrand, who will play the famous character. To give you a taste of the film, click on the link below for a preview.
http://www.louiscyr-lefilm.com/bande-annonce The movie will be in the cinema at July 2013. Was he possible the first strongest man ever?
04 March 2013 MHP Strongman Champions League Introduces Two New Shirts by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. | ©2013 IronMind “We present two new shirts for the coming SCL season,” SCL cofounder Marcel Mostert reported to IronMind today. Strongman Champions League had already introduced the idea of a leader’s shirt to their strongman series. This year, they are complementing that with a fan favorite shirt. IronMind® | Image courtesy of SCL.
“One shirt is the former orange ‘leader’ shirt. In 2013 the MHP Strongman Champions League (SCL) leader shirt will be yellow and it stands for the highest-ranked strongman in the league for 2013. After each competition there can be a new leader, but he will always wear the same shirt. A complete new introduction will be the navy blue ‘Fan Favorite Strongman’ shirt,” Mostert said. The best performer, greatest entertainer, [most] loved by the public will get this shirt, by votes of the public. Therefore, this athlete doesn’t need to be the absolute strongest; he can be 3rd or 5th , but still he can win the award as the ‘Fan Favorite Strongman.’ We introduce this because we want to see more show, action and entertaining from the athletes besides their extraordinary strength performances. Each competition, the public will judge this and an extra cash prize will be given for this. In two weeks we will know who is the new SCL leader and the Fan Favorite Strongman after our first show at 16 March, The Iceman IV in Lapland," said Mostert. SCL is the largest series in strongman and the top five competitors, overall, are expected to go on to compete in the 2013 World's Strongest Man contest. 28 February 2013 Starting Field for MHP IceMan IV
by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. | ©2013 IronMind Some of the top names in strongman will be competing in IceMan IV, an MHP Strongman Champion’s League (SCL) extravaganza set in the winter wonderland of Finland’s Ruka, the international ski jump area, on March 16. IceMan IV, with a setting as rugged as strongman itself, returns to Finland’s Lapland on March 16. “12 contestants fight each other in eight different events. The competition will take place outside in the snow, without any temperature limits,” declares the press release and if you’ve had the pleasure of seeing this competition in person, in a setting where even the bar is made from ice, you know this is no idle comment.
Events
• Deadlift • Forward Hold • MHP Viking Press • Loading • Yoke/Frame Carry Medley • House Carry • Giant Circle
“Reigning SCL world champion Zydrunas Savickas, who has won all the previous IceMan competitions, will be there as well, but now in a TV commentator role, a special for SCL,” confirmed Timo Kangasluoma, who will be distributing the TV show of the contest.
Here is the official start list:
• Ervin Katona Serbia • Laurence Shahlaei Iran • Tomi Lotta Finland • Krzysztof Radzikowski Poland • J-F Caron Canada • Juha Matti Järvi Finland • Antti Mourujärvi Finland • Matt Wanat USA • Daniel Garcia Gibraltar • Dainis Zageris Latvia • Meelis Pailis Estonia
The one-hour TV show will be broadcast “in the spring of Finland on MTV3 and MTV3 Max,” said Kangasluoma, “and the program has an extensive international distribution platform, including Eurosport 1 and 2, through which the program will be shown throughout Europe, Asia and Oceania,” so if you can’t make it in person, you might be able to catch the IceMan IV on TV. 12 February 2013 MHP NEW HEAD SPONSOR OF STRONGMAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE!
MHP (Maximum Human Performance) has now become the official headline sponsor for the biggest series in strongman – the 2013 MHP Strongman Champions League. All 15 of the Strongman Champions League (SCL) pro events to be held in 2013 will be powered by MHP, a world leader in performance nutrition and supplementation. SCL and MHP , both made a big step forward for the Strongman sport in general by signing this great deal.
MHP’s corporate mission has always been to develop premier science-based, research-driven sports supplements to help athletes achieve their greatest physical potential. Over the years, MHP has introduced many innovations and breakthroughs in sports nutrition. MHP has become the most trusted brand and industry leader among world-class athletes, strongmen, pro bodybuilders, powerlifters and fitness enthusiasts alike – making its partnership with the SCL a perfect blend of world class performance and performance nutrition.
The SCL is the biggest strongman league worldwide, with over 15 stages (competitions) throughout the year in 15 different countries throughout Europe, Asia and the Caribbean. Every year, more than 60 strongman compete in this professional league, which is also a qualifying road to the World’s Strongest Man. The SCL is a premiere televised league, with its events broadcast to more than 1 billion households worldwide. Through this new partnership, MHP provides SCL the ability to develop more quality with powerful events and top athletes.
“Over the past few years, MHP has experienced significant growth in our international business,” said Steve Downs, MHP Marketing Director. “Our new partnership with the Strongman Champions League will showcase our brand in 15 countries at stage , in 89 countries on television ,and solidify our role as the global leader in performance supplementation for world class athletes everywhere.”
For more information about MHP, visit MHPSTRONG.com. To find out more about the SCL and the 2013 calendar of pro strongman events, log on to their website at STRONGMANCL.com. Watch for the world’s biggest strongman league coming to your city this year! 10 February 2013 IceMan IV Opens 2013 SCL Calendar by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. | ©2013 IronMind Strongman Champions League—the world’s most active professional strongman tour—opens its 2013 season with the coolest strongman contest of them all: the IceMan, which is set in Finland’s Lapland, just south of the Arctic Circle. Forget the idea that strongman is only for the summer, with lots of sand and searing temperatures: when Ilkka Kinnunen developed the IceMan, he brought a wholenew concept to strongman, featuring the power and beauty of a winter setting for the world's top professional strongman competitors. The IceMan has no equal. IronMind® | Artwork courtesy of SCL. Here’s how Ilkka Kinnunen describes it: “The IceMan: Snow, wind, outside venue, Arctic Circle, eight hard and heavy events. These are just few things about IceMan competition, which takes place again in Ruka-Kuusamo, Finland. “A total of 12 athletes will battle through a rough one-day competition. The date is set to 16th of March. The schedule goes that athletes will compete starting at noon through 4 events and continuing in the evening at 6 p.m. with 4 more events. 8 events in total of four hours, is this possible? Yes it is. Most events are double events (two men competing same time). “Zydrunas Savickas, who has won the IceMan all three times, won’t be competing this time, but he will be present as a TV commentator. “If you are looking for something totally different in 2013, extreme strongman action, you don’t want to miss the IceMan IV,” said Kinnunen. More details about the athletes and events will be given soon so stay tuned.
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