Tarmo Mitt Wins the WSF Belshina Belarus Cup

Tarmo Mitt won the Open Belshina Belarus Cup 2011 in Gomel, Belarus—WSF World founder Vlad Redkin reported to IronMind—as part of a larger strength festival, Bizon 2011.

Mas wrestling, a traditional Yakut sport, was introduced into the strongman program at the WSF World Cup Belshina Belarus Cup.  IronMind® | Photo courtesy of WSF.
Mas wrestling, a traditional Yakut sport, was introduced into the strongman program at the WSF World Cup Belshina Belarus Cup.  IronMind® | Photo courtesy of WSF.


Redkin said that 20 athletes were invited and the field was whittled down to four competitors for the finals.

The events were:

• Axle Overhead (140 kg for reps)
• Tire Flip (320 kg x 8 flips)
• Sandbag carry (100 kg for distance)
• Rolling Thunder (maximum)
• Axle Deadlift
• Dumbbell (73-kg for reps)
• Mas wrestling

The last event was new to strongman and it’s a traditional Yakut test of strength that involves two competitors sitting opposite each other with their feet planted against a board.  The object is to pull the stick from your competitor’s hands or to pull your competitor over the board.

Here are the final places and points:

1. Tarmo Mitt (Estonia) 27.0
2. Nikolaj Krasotkin (Russia) 15.0
3. Vostan Gevarkjan (Armenia) 14.5
4. Alex Lapirov (Belarus 13.5

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