ChasingKaz - August 26, 2008

As you may or may not know, the 2008 World's Strongest Man contest is going to be held in beautiful Charleston, WV next month thanks in large part to the efforts of 2006 World's Strongest Man, Phil Phister, and his relationship with the city of Charleston and the governor of West Virginia.

As has become standard for the contest, not a lot of details are made public until shortly before the contest is about to occur, and with two weeks until showtime, we have our final list of competitors and schedule of events.

THE COMPETITORS

Group 1
1.  Derek Poundstone            USA
2.  Jarek Dymek	                Poland
3.  Mark Felix                  Great Britain
4.  Jason Bergmann              USA
5.  Igor Werner                 Germany
6.  Stevan Solvi Petursson      Iceland

Group 2
1.  Phil Pfister*               USA
2.  Sebastian Wenta             Poland
3.  Johannes Arsjo              Sweden
4.  Richard Skog                Norway
5.  Oli Thompson                Great Britain
6.  Tobias Ide                  Germany

Group 3
1.  Terry Hollands              Great Britain
2.  Kevin Nee                   USA
3.  Tarmo Mitt                  Estonia
4.  Janne Virtanen*             Finland
5.  Elbrus Nigmatullin          Russia
6.  Jean-Francois Caron         Canada

Group 4
1.  Mariusz Pudzianowski*       Poland
2.  Arild Haugen                Norway
3.  Brian Shaw                  USA
4.  Laurence Shahlaei           Great Britain
5.  Brian Siders                USA
6.  Louis-Phillippe Jean        Canada

Group 5
1.  Magnus Samuelsson*          Sweden
2.  Travis Ortmayer             USA
3.  Jimmy Marku                 Great Britain
4.  Dave Ostlund                USA
5.  Raivis Vidzis               Latvia
6.  Florian Trimpl              Germany

Alternates   
1.  Christian Savoie            Canada
2.  Matty Parks                 Canada

*Previous WSM winner

THE EVENTS

Qualifier Events: September 6 - 9

DATE             TIME          EVENT               LOCATION
Sat  Sept 6      9:00 AM       Loading Race        Magic Island 
                 3:00 PM       Keg Toss            Magic Island 

Sun Sept 7       9:00 AM       Fingal Fingers      Kanawha Boulevard
                 3:00 PM       Truck Pull          Kanawha Boulevard

Mon Sept 8       9:00 AM       Squat Lift          Capitol Complex 
                 followed by   Deadlift            Capitol Complex 
                 3:30 PM       Viking Press        Capitol Complex 

Tues Sept 9      9:00 AM       Overhead Lift       University of Charleston 
                 3:30 PM       Atlas Stones        University of Charleston 

Finals Events:  September 12/14 

DATE             TIME          EVENT               LOCATION
Fri Sept 12      9:00 AM       Power Stairs        Haddad Riverfront Park 
                 followed by   Fingal Fingers      Kanawha Boulevard 
                 3:30 PM       Car Walk            Kanawha Boulevard 

Sat Sept 13      9:00 AM       Car Deadlift        Coonskin Park 
                 3:00 PM       Overhead Lift       Coonskin Park  

Sun Sept 14      11:00 AM      Plane Pull          Airport 
                 7:30 PM       Atlas Stones        Power Park 
                 followed by   Trophy Presentation Power Park

Posted by Ben Hanson at 1:44 PM