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WSM Heats; From Ironmind
Topic Started: Sep 1 2006, 12:42 PM (4,016 Views)
David Ostlund
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In the airport in Seoul on my way home. Most of the heats were very close this year.

Final pts:

Group 1
Pudz-25
Pope-18.5
A. Haugen-16
Gharaei-16
Paulin-11.5

Don pretty much sealed the deal when he lifted all 4 rocks in the OH medley. Boris was the only other athlete to lift all 4. Mariusz wasn't that close on the 135kg rock.

Group 2
Hollands-22.5
Vidzis-21.5
Marunde-20.5
Ostlund-19.5
Gu-4

Vidzis gained 3 pts on Jesse in the last event to beat him. Barrel loading times were Vidzis-1:14, Ostlund-1:24, Hollands-1:26, Jesse-1:28. A lot of guys in the other heats did not finish this event.

Group 3
Pfister-21.5
Felix-19
Virtanen-17.5
Elbrus-16
Sadler-16

This was definitely the hardest group in Sanya. Felix will win the deadlift in the final and Phil will do a sub-30 run on the fingers. Janne would have won car walk if he had made it. Phil also set the best time on barrels of any heat at 1:12.

Group 4
Tarmo-22
Dymek-20.5
Boris-19
Filiou-16
Nee-11.5

Tarmo dominated this heat start to finish. Dymek dug himself out of an early hole and beat Boris on barrels to determine who would go to the final. Nee and Dominic had a very tough time on rock press and barrel loading which cost them a lot of pts.

Group 5
Wenta-25.5
Toczek-24
Thigpen-16
Haugen-11.5
Magnus-8

The polish guys went 1 and 2 in almost every event. Magnus skipped deadlift and then dropped out for rock press and barrel loading. Wenta is the real deal and it would not suprise me at all if he makes the podium in the final.


As for me, I don't feel too bad about my performance. Our heat was very close the whole way and it just came down to who made fewer mistakes.


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Frozenkilt
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David Ostlund
Sep 18 2006, 12:06 AM
As for me, I don't feel too bad about my performance. Our heat was very close the whole way and it just came down to who made fewer mistakes.

3 points seperating the top 4 guys in the heat? I'd say it doesn't get a lot tighter than that. Looks like you put on some big performances your own self, Dave. Thanks for the writeup!

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Jamie
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Good work out there, Dave. :) Thanks for the update and runthrough.
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GrantB
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Thanks for that, Dave. Sounds like you did really well under tough conditions against world-class opponents.
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Caber McJock
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Wow, Dominic, Jessen, Dave, Marunde all out.
Should be an interesting final.

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As far as Marunde, I know he'll be classy in defeat, but my skin crawls at the excuses his hordes of fans will come up with.


Aint that the truth? it's a shame too cause the guy kind of gets tarred with that same brush, and it's not his fault.
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Peter
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Thanks a lot for the updates, Dave! Three points separating four men in your group, that's as tight as it can be.
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Nick McKinless
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Nice work Dave and thanks for the write up. Looks like Mariusz has a fight on his hands!

Nick
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Good work Dave!!! :respect

See you in WSMC!!!!!

Be strong!!!!!
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Tom Jones
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The barrel loading was a return of the killer event used in past wsm ie, Iceland.

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picture from Jackals gym site
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Llamapower
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*thinks about doing a comp on Dover sea front next year* :muhaha

:lol
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B A
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Llamapower
Sep 20 2006, 11:14 AM
*thinks about doing a comp on Dover sea front next year* :muhaha

:lol

if your talking about the place we looked at then i would be up for that !
if you could get the permission to do it down there that would be the most amazing venue !
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MaxPower
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Finaly, someone that Dominik doesn't make look like a small midget.
http://www.jackalsgym.com/gallery/images/s...sm/DSC01620.JPG
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Tom Jones
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I was hoping that was going to be a picture of me
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Jesse Snadden
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The barrel loading was a return of the killer event used in past wsm ie, Iceland.


Talk about a retarded event.

Retard #1: Hey everybody, I got a kick ass idea for an event, let's get the athletes to strip down to their speedo's and run through water with beer kegs.

Retard #2: Eugh, dude, this is a strongman contest

Retard #1: Ya but you get good shots of the beach and water, it's good for TV.

Retard #2: Your right, let's make it an event.

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Caber McJock
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I agree
That was also an event in 95.
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MaxPower
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96 as well


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Paul_Amor
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Well I for one think it's a great event, far far better than the car deadlift. It sure make the standard loading event harder (though favouring the taller guys).
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B A
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If Colin got caught coming out the water round here he would get harpooned :P
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joakim
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94 as well, but I agree with Jesse it is a silly event made for tv.
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Jesse Snadden
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I know it was done before but it's still retarded. If you want to make a loading event harder, use tougher objects, but fuck... walking through water, anyone 6ft and under is fucked.

The farmers walk was too easy too, the times were way too short. Other than that, this is a great looking WSM, the deadlift apparatus was cool, the car walk was cool, the stone pressing is cool but I would have prefered real stones, the barrel tossing was ok.
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Peter
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If TWI thought that it would get them the audience they would have them shovel lava out of an active volcano, so no surprises there.
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Peter
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Caber McJock
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I agree
Peter Mirdjev
Sep 20 2006, 06:42 PM
If TWI thought that it would get them the audience they would have them shovel lava out of an active volcano, so no surprises there.

Remember that one year they had to shovel rocks into a wheelbarrow?
That was exciting.
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Frozenkilt
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I don't think that was an event. I think Dougie was getting them to build a rock garden or something.

- Sean
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Jamie
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It's not as bad as the time Colin had everyone paint his fence at White Cliffs.
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