IFSA Strongman World Championship 2006
IFSA Strongman, the world governing body of the Strongman sport and exclusive manager of all top Strongman athletes worldwide presents the 2006 IFSA World Championship.
Television Facts
V production: | standard definition ob-van production |
Worldwide distribution: | sports tv media distribution - www.stvmd.com |
Available rights: | TV rights, PPV/VOD, DVD/Home Video, internet rights |
2006 Title Package: | 12 x 26 min highlight shows (available Jan 15th 2007) |
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Eventinfo
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Event Disciplines
IFSA Strongman WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2006 - Qualifiers, Semi-finals & Finals
eat 1 |
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Heat 2 | Heat 3 |
Competitors
The 24 competitors at the 2006 IFSA STRONGMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Zydrunas Savickas - Lithuania | Geoff Dolan - Canada |
Results
1. Savickas
2. Koklyaev
3. Virastyuk
4. Blekaitis
5. Mirumets
6. Szczepanski
7. Benedikt Magnusson
8. Thompson
9. Best
10. Ortmayer
11. Brusokas
12. Katona
Official World Records
During the 2006 event in Iceland, following official world records were set:
125KG Farmer's Walk: 75M | Super Yoke: 410KG - 30M | Ring of Stones: Heavy Set |
160KG Farmer's Walk: 50M | Ring of Stones: Light Set | ROCK/BLOCK LIFT 140 KG |
Press Release
After the first 4 events from day 1 of the IFSA Strongman 2006 World Championships Finals, Mikhail Koklyaev of Russia and defending World Champion Zydrunas Savickas of Lithuania are tied with 40.5 points each for first place. In 2nd place is Vasyl Virastyuk of the Ukraine with 36 points, then in 3rd place with 31.5 points is home town favorite, Benedikt Magnusson. In day 2 of the IFSA Strongman 2006 World Championship Finals, it all came down to the final event as Zydrunas Savickas and Mikhail Koklyaev were tied coming into the Atlas Stones event with 68.5 points each. It took nothing less than a new world record on the Atlas Stones to clinch the 2006 IFSA Strongman World Championship title as Zydrunas Savickas set an incredible time of 25.65 to re-claim his title as the IFSA Strongman World Champion and the Strongest Man in the World. The head-to-head race caused 5 official World Records.
