Virtanen Wins Beauty & The Beast...
by Randall J. Strossen, IronMind Enterprises, Inc. © 2000
Janne Virtanen won the Beauty & The Beast strongman contest, holding off Svend Karlsen in the last event for the victory. Final places and points were: 1) Virtanen 98.50, 2) Karlsen 96.75, 3) Ollesch, 87.00, 4) Pfister 86.00, 5) Philippi 83.50, 6) Gillingham 77.00, 7) Baskin 73.00, 8) Haugen 62.75, 9) Bartl 62.25, 10) Boyer 59.25, 11) Schoonveld 58.00, 12) Coy 39.25.