Power extreme in Volgograd!
Power extreme in Volgograd. A significant place, which breathes the spirit of historical events, events that changed the course of the Great Patriotic War, May 29, 2010 will again gather the strongest men of Russia in order to test their heroic strength again! The first stage of the Russian power extreme championship was held in Volgograd in 2009. The Stalingrad Cup was attended by ten of the country’s strongest men from Moscow, Omsk, Saratov, Krasnodar and Taganrog, among whom were famous masters of weightlifting in the past. Six competitive tasks were held at the tournament: • transfer of a bogatyr horse weighing 360 kg; • lifting a metal “log” weighing 120 kg; • relay, where the participants had to move to a certain distance a weight weighing 175 kg and three bags of a hundred kilograms each; • heroic carousels, where four representatives of the regional cheerleading federation acted as a burden; • tyres weighing 340 kg; • “farm walk”, where the participants need to go as far as possible with a metal balloon, each of 125. The overall victory in the sum of all competitions was won by the Siberian Yuri Kolmakov (height 182 cm, weight 130 kg), who last year became the first strongman in Omsk. All participants of the first stage of the championship of Russia in power extreme were awarded medals. The seven-time champion of Russia in weightlifting Mikhail Koklyaev was the main judge of the competition, and the popular showman, TV presenter and actor Vladimir Turchinsky, who headed the Professional League of Strength Extreme, also known by the nickname “Dynamite”, held the competition. Since 2009, on the initiative of the mayor of Volgograd R. Grebennikov, it was decided to annually hold competitions in Volgograd in power extreme, in order to increase the promotion of a healthy lifestyle of the population. May 29, 2010 on the lower terrace of the Central embankment of Volgograd at 15:00 will be held the already traditional open championship of Volgograd in power extreme. The tournament is held by the administration of Volgograd together with the regional branch of the Russian Federation of power extremes. Many famous Russian athletes have been invited to participate in the championship, including Mikhail Koklyaev, silver medalist of the world tournament “Arnold Classic”, which will host the competition. Let’s see what the championship will do this year!!
Author: Khobnya Maxim
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