The 2018 WHEA Finnish Grip Championships produced some huge performances as the world records for the CoC Silver Bullet with a Captains of Crush No. 4 gripper and the IronMind Hub were broken.

4th Annual WHEA Finnish Grip Championships
by Jyrki Rantanen
CEO, WHEA


The 4th Annual WHEA Finnish Grip Championships were on February 3 at Tiinan Treenipalvelut in Iisalmi With a nice crowd sheering we saw some magnificent performances and the day created also two new IronMind world records as Jesse Pynnönen did the time of 19.12 seconds in the CoC Silver Bullet with a No. 4. The event produced super-level performances as you hardly got to the overall top 10 in CoC Silver Bullet if you got less than 20 seconds time using a Captains of Crush No. 3 gripper.


Another great world record was set on the Ironmind Hub, where Mervi Pekki took the new lead with a 26.36-kg lift.

Here links to videos of these new world records:

Mervi Pekki IronMind Hub 26.36 kg world record

Jesse Pynnönen CoC Silver Bullet No. 4 world record


The class winners were:

Men
Fenne Muhonen -83kg
Jouni Mähönen -93kg
Jesse Pynnönen +93 kg

Women
Tanja Korjus -55 kg
Anu Rytkönen - 72 kg
Mervi Pekki +72 kg

Overall Men's Top Three
1. Jesse Pynnönen 8
2. Jouni Mähönen 17
3. Harri Tolonen 19.5

For full result, please visit WHEA´s Finnish Facebook page.


Competing at the 2018 WHEA Finnish Grip Championships, Mervi Pekki hauled up 26.36 kg for a new women's world record on the IronMind Hub. IronMind® | Courtesy of WHEA


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