Federation Uralstrong and World Strongman Federation are presenting the Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic Countries Strongman Championships.


The CIS and Baltic Strongman Championships are set for Chelyabinsk, Russia. IronMind® | Art courtesy of Vlad Redkin.


This competition will feature two-man teams:

1. Uzbekistan: Eler Mamadiev and Mirgafur Haidarov
2. Latvia: Rolands Gulbis and Artis Plivda
3. Baltic: Markus Mannik and Guntars Kusins
4. Belarus: Sergey Rumin and Pavel Soroka
5. Russia: Dmitry Kononets and Evgenij Stametov
6. Russia : Alexei Krivosheya and Alexei Zolotukhin

Events:

1. Farmer's walk: 120 kg for distance
2. Deadlift: 270 kg for reps
3. Conan's circle
4. Car pull
5. Tire flips: 350 kg, 8 flips
6. Power stairs: 205, 250, 250 and 290 kg

The prize list includes US$15,000 and cast medals made especially for this contest. Dmitry Kononets and Artem Klimenko are organizing this contest and Vlad Redkin is the head referee.