Jesse Marunde in 1st Place at WSM

by Randall J. Strossen, IronMind Enterprises, Inc. © 2005

He looked great in the qualifying round and with his strong performances today, Jesse Marunde has taken the overall lead in the 2005 MET-Rx World's Strongest Man contest.

Dominic Filiou had top-three performances in both of today's events at the 2005 MET-Rx World's Strongest Man contest and has moved into third place overall. IronMind® | Photo courtesy of Andy Lazell. 
Dominic Filiou had top-three performances in both of today's events at the 2005 MET-Rx World's Strongest Man contest and has moved into third place overall. IronMind® | Photo courtesy of Andy Lazell.

It was another exciting day, with many dramatic changes in the top positions. Here are the results of today's events and the overall positions through four events.

FRIDGE CARRY

1. Mariusz Pudzianowski
2. Dominic Filiou
3. Jarek Dymek
4. Jesse Marunde
5. Ralf Ber

OVERHEAD LOG LIFT

1. Mariusz Pudzianowski
2. Jesse Marunde
3. Dominic Filiiou
4. Jarek Dymek, Ralf Ber (tie)

RESULTS AFTER FOUR EVENTS

1. Jesse Marunde
2. Mariusz Pudzianowski
3. Dominic Filiou
4. Jarek Dymek
5. Don Pope
6. Ralf Ber
7. Janne Virtanen
8. Dave Ostlund
9. Tarmo Mitt
10. Elbrus Nigmatulin

The action continues with the third day of the 2005 World's Strongest Man finals tomorrow.

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