Karlsen and Zijlstra in Finland . . . Samuelsson and Samuelsson in Sweden
by Randall J. Strossen, IronMind Enterprises, Inc. © 2001
With the build up to this year's "World's Strongest Man" competition continuing, Svend Karlsen and Wout Zijlstra keep flexing their muscles. Both came out of the weekend's Record Breakers competition (Kokkola, Finland) with 33 points, followed by Rene Minkwitz at 30-1/2 points and Jarek Dymek at 30 points. Over in Sweden, at Sweden's Strongest Man, Magnus and Torbjorn Samuelsson finished one-two, with both qualifying for this year's WSM competition.