2009 World Strongman Super Series Final

by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. | ©2012 IronMind


Looking forward to the 2009 dotFIT™ World Strongman Super Series Final on December 5 in Gothenburg, Sweden, dotFit president and chief operating officer Odd Haugen told IronMind, “Brian Shaw, Nick Best and Stojan Todorchev are in close contention for the Championship Belt and Title, but local Swedish star, Johannes Årsjö, is still within striking distance!”

 Brian Shaw leads the Worldstrongman Super Series.  IronMind® | Randall J. Strossen photo.
Brian Shaw leads the Worldstrongman Super Series.  IronMind® | Randall J. Strossen photo.

 
Here are the top ten coming into the the 2009 Worldstrongman Super Series final:

1. Brian Shaw - USA 17
2. Nick Best - USA 16
3. Stojan Todorchev - Bulgaria 15
4. Johannes Arsjo - Sweden 11
5. Marshall White - USA 10
6. Jason Bergmann - USA 8
7. Krzysztof Radzikowski - Poland 6
8. Janne Virtanen - Finland 5
9. David Ostlund - USA 5
10. Terry Hollands (UK) & Paul Parjol (Romania) 4

The events are Farmer’s Walk, Log Lift, Axle Deadlift, Super Yoke, Conan’s Circle and Atlas Stones.  The field of 12 will be cut to 8 for the fourth event and then cut to six for the final two event.  First place for the overall title pays US$10,000 and first place for the contest itself pays US$5,000.



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