Dave Ostlund told Rip-N-Rage that going into the last event of the Arnold Strongman, he'd probably look at the standings and see what he needed to post. After a somewhat disappointing first day, he's probably eying the standings at the start of day two. In the first event, the Timber Frame Carry, Ostlund managed only about half of the course in the allotted time, while several competitors… Read More
The Arnold Sports Festival 2009 is in full swing, and the big boys are clashing major iron. Terry Todd's line-up of some of the strongest men on the planet has once again brought the noise in the Strongman Event. The giants of strength started with the 875lb. Timber Carry, up a ramp for time. This event was a close race between event record holder, Andrus Murumets, who clocked 7.94 sec, which was eclipsed by a very charged-up Travis Ortmeyer with 7.85sec. But it was newcomer to the Arnold Strongman, Ervin Katona from Serbia who took the winning time of 7.81sec, very close to… Read More
For what is the reported, 16th straight year, Pat Hellier has brought home top honors at the Paeroa Highland Games in New Zealand and in the process set a new national record for the 16 lb. stone putt. Not a huge surprise as Hellier has been a common face at the World Highland Games Championship for the past five or six years.
Results as follows:
| Place | Athlete | 16#stone | 28#wfd | 16#ham. | 22#ham. | Caber | Sheaf | 56#wob | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Hellier | 15.38m | 29.73m | … Read More
Ostlund Sizes-Up the ArnoldMonday, March 2nd, 2009 Massive Minnesota strongman Dave Ostlund has his sights set on the Arnold Strongman Classic, being held March 6th and 7th at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, in Columbus, Ohio. Ostlund took a few minutes out of his busy schedule to speak with Rip-N-Rage about his training and outlook for the competition. Ostlund, who finished third in the 2008 World's… Read More
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