WSM Heats: Day 1 Results...
by Randall J. Strossen, IronMind Enterprises, Inc. © 1999
Facing another day of heat and humidity, the contestants fighting to make the finals for the 1999 "World's Strongest Man" (WSM) TV show completed two events today. Today's events were a carry and drag, and either a truck pull or the Husafell stone. Top places in the carry and drag were as follows. Group One: 1) Minkfitz 2) Ahola 3) Veroga. Group Two: 1) Girard 2) Vagadal 3) Brown. Group Three: 1) Baskin 2) Veneberg. Group Four: 1) Barr 2) Samuelsson 3) Onasai. Group Five: 1) Virtanen 2) Ross 3) Badenhorst. Top results from the truck pull were as follows. Group Two: 1) Olafsson 2) Girard 3) Vagadal. Group Three: 1) Baskin 2)Veneberg 3) Hoffman. Group Four: 1) Onasai 2) Samuelsson 3) Barr. The remaining two groups carried the Husafell stone for their second event. Group One: 1) Ahola 2) Minkfitz 3) Veroga. Group Five: 1) Virtanen 2) Karlsen 3) Pannanen.