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World's Strongest Man
Jan. 4th, 2008 12:16 amI would give the year but I'm never certain if winning would make you world's strongest man for the year just gone (2007) or for the year coming (2008). Anyway, the qualifiers are over and done with, and I have enjoyed myself a lot by cheering for pretty much everyone, and hoping that madlikerya actually got to see some of them this year given that it's in the US and last year's champion was from the US.
Okay so I'm presently happy that Tarmo Mitt is in the final, sad for Jimmy Marku that he missed out on the final by 0.5 of a point when he beat Mariuz in some of the events, incredibly sad for Janne Virtannen who has now retired (which was a wise thing to do because his left leg looked like it just wasn't working), amused by them having an announcer who can pronounce a German surname (Trimpl), which would trip most people up, who can't pronounce Marku or Pudzianowski or Samuelsson.
I'm slightly mad about Sebastian Wenta, who not only smiles when the chips are down and has a fantastic victory dance, but who just has the most wonderful technique in the keg toss, which I still think is the most dangerous event going.
I'm absolutely in awe of Magnus Samuelsson, because he looks so much better this year, not back to how he was but just more capable of doing more with what he's got now, I mean, he's totally changed the way he does squat lifts and done it so that it doesn't hurt his back as much, and to totally change your technique when you've done something as long as he has ... see the awe.
Okay so I'm presently happy that Tarmo Mitt is in the final, sad for Jimmy Marku that he missed out on the final by 0.5 of a point when he beat Mariuz in some of the events, incredibly sad for Janne Virtannen who has now retired (which was a wise thing to do because his left leg looked like it just wasn't working), amused by them having an announcer who can pronounce a German surname (Trimpl), which would trip most people up, who can't pronounce Marku or Pudzianowski or Samuelsson.
I'm slightly mad about Sebastian Wenta, who not only smiles when the chips are down and has a fantastic victory dance, but who just has the most wonderful technique in the keg toss, which I still think is the most dangerous event going.
I'm absolutely in awe of Magnus Samuelsson, because he looks so much better this year, not back to how he was but just more capable of doing more with what he's got now, I mean, he's totally changed the way he does squat lifts and done it so that it doesn't hurt his back as much, and to totally change your technique when you've done something as long as he has ... see the awe.
