Derek Poundstone Wins Fortissimus

by Randall J. Strossen, IronMind Enterprises, Inc. © 2008

Montmagny, Québec - It was the last event, he was the last man to go, and in the end, it was lifting the last stone that gave him the title: Derek Poundstone had done what nobody else had managed to do when he got the 517-pound Louis Cyr stone on its pedestal, and that was just what he needed to win Fortissimus tonight.

Here are the top three:

1. Derek Poundstone 119 points
2. Zydrunas Savickas 118
3. Sebastian Wenta 84.25

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