Kokylaev maintained the lead through the first session of the second day of competition at the Arnold Classic Strongman Contest. The athletes started with the Stone lift. This year, the event coordinators upped the ante yet again, and had the athletes attempt at 529lb. monolith, which would be a new world record. This stone was not to be loaded onto a box, but over a bar, which also happened to be the cross-bar of the monster-sized Yoke waiting in the wings. This allowed the height to be achieved, all spectators got a great view, and the stone was already re-set for subsequent attempts. World's Strongest Man winner, Phil Pfister, Travis "Texas… Read More

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

Bert Sorin of Sorinex filed this report for Rip-N-Rage:

 

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