Zydrunas Savickas Wins Lithuania’s Strongest Man for the 10th Time
by Randall J. Strossen, IronMind Enterprises, Inc. © 2009
At IronMind®, we used to joke that the Arnold strongman contest should be renamed in honor of Zydrunas Savickas, since he has won it so many times, but how about Lithuania's Strongest Man, where Zydrunas Savickas just racked up his 10th victory this weekend?
Among his standout performances, Zydrunas Savickas set the IFSA Axle world record with this lift of 202.5 kg. IronMind® | Photo courtesy of Zydrunas Savickas.
Zydrunas Savickas set 5 new Lithuanian strongman records and a new world record on the IFSA Axle, with a whopping 202.5 kg.
Here are the top six:
1. Zydrunas Savickas 58.5 points
2. Vidas Blekaitis 49
3. Vytautas Lalas 39.5
4. Saulius Brusokas 33
5. Antanas Abrutis 32.5
6. Alvidas Brazdzius 30.5
“The competition level was very good,” Zydrunas Savickas told IronMind®. “All athletes lift a lot personal records.”