Strongestman.com: 2002 Superseries Competitors Announced: 28 oktober
The seven athletes that will be competing in the 2002 Superseries are:
- Wout Ziljstra
- Hugo Girard
- Svend Karlsen
- Magnus Samuelsson
- Brian Schoonveld
- Janne Virtanen
- Martin Muhr
Världens Starkaste Man 2001 Final SuperSeries - lördag
Viasat Sport, Eurosport och ESPN sänder denna final i SuperSeries (International Federation of Strength Athletes, IFSA) till 52 länder och kan nå en publik på över 700 miljoner människor! Bland annat finns Magnus Samuelsson med i startfältet. Just nu ligger han i delad ledning inför finalen.
Arrangör: World Class International
B&K: När kände du att du skulle vinna?
Svend: Fra jeg startet sesongen, det har kunn vært WSM som har vært viktig for meg i år. Har vært for nære for mange ganger uten å lykkes.
I samband med Scandinavian Fitness Expo på Stockholmsmässan avhålls världsfinalen i IFSA Strongman Superseries. Och det kommer att bli en rafflande uppgörelse, då Sveriges egen Magnus Samuelsson och Norges Svend Karlsen är i delad ledning i serien, efter de inledande deltävlingarna i Holland och Tjeckien!
Press Release Brussels 2001-10-01
The International Federation of Strength Athletes (IFSA) and the promoter World Class International proudly presents:
The Strong Man Super Series
In the last couple of years, The Strong Man sport has received global recognition, airing on television stations around the world. "The World's Strongest Man" is broadcasted in seventy nations and reaches a potential audience of 700 million people.
Now, with the launch of IFSA Strong Man Super Series, the international federations of strength athletes has created a tour of Grand Prix events. In each Grand Prix, points are awarded to the athletes and, as in Formula 1, the athlete with the most points at the end of each season is the World Champion.
Every tournament has a total of twelve competitors. The eight highest ranked athletes on IFSA International Ranking are qualified to the Super Series. In addition to this, each local promoter has a total of four wild card picks for his tournament.
The Super Series season starts in May and ends in November and contains a minimum of five tournaments world wide, including the World final. THe tentative schedule for 2002 includes events in Honolulu, USA, Prague, Czech Republic, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Bijing, China and the world finale in Stockholm, Sweden. Other locations are currently in negations of joining the Super Series.
Each Grand Prix has six events of competition. Four of them are standard events, and two are chosen, upon approval of IFSA, by the local promoter. The standard events are:
- Truck Pull
- Log Lift
- Power Stairs
- Medley (Tire Flip, Farmer's Walk, Loading event)
For the season of 2002, the program format will be a 50 minutes highlight show from each event, distributed the weekend following the Grand Prix. From 2003, IFSA and World Class International are planning on airing the events live.
Brama Vision has, from World Class International obtained, the global broadcast rights to the Strong Man Super Series. For more information about the TV-rights, please visit the web site www.brama.se or contact the project manager of Brama, Mattias Brannholm at +46-8-627 06 00.
For other information, contact World Class International at +322-551 59 95.
Best regards
Ulf Bengtsson
Promoter, World Strong Man Super Series
