Jean-Francois Caron Maintains Lead at SCL–Canada
by Randall J. Strossen, IronMind Enterprises, Inc. © 2011
After two days of competition featuring many of the world’s best strongmen, Jean-Francois Caron is still at the front of the pack, while his countryman Louis-Philippe Jean has moved into second place.
Zydrunas Savickas banged out 13 reps on the 160-kg Viking Press. Louis-Philippe Jean hit 14, for a new world record. IronMind® | Courtesy of SCL.
“Caron is still in the lead as Zydrunas made a mistake in the Hercules Hold and got least in that event. Very exciting close scores so all is still open and we are just halfway through the competition,” Marcel Mostert reported to IronMind.
Here are the official cumulative scores through the first two days:
| 1. | Jean-Francois Caron | 66.0 |
| 2. | Louis-Phiilippe Jean | 59.0 |
| 3. | Laurence Shahlaei | 57.0 |
| 4. | Zydrunas Savickas | 56.0 |
| 5. | Hafthor Julius Bjornsson | 54.5 |
| 6. | Travis Ortmayer | 48.5 |
| 7. | Ervin Katona | 48.5 |
| 8. | Jimmy Laureys | 48.0 |
| 9. | Terry Hollands | 45.0 |
| 10. | Warrick Brant | 36.0 |
| 11. | Alex Curletto | 34.0 |
| 12. | Christian Savoie | 32.5 |
| 13. | Agris Kazelniks | 31.5 |
| 14. | Scott Cummine | 30.0 |
| 15. | Jan Wagenaar | 23.5 |
| 16. | Vitalii Gerasymov | 6 |
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