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Manfred in his prime! He makes some costly mistakes but only loses to Magnusson by 1 point! |
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age: 30 wt: 294 lbs. ht: 6'3" austria |
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| Harness and Rope Pull | movies | audio | |
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Pull truck across course for time. Manfred won this event by 4 seconds! |
AVI 2.89MB Quicktime 2.81MB MPEG 3.77MB |
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| Samson's Barrow | movies | audio | |
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Push barrow across course for time. Each barrow is a pickup truck with
handles on the end. Manfred finished second in this event. |
AVI 2.82MB Quicktime 2.74MB MPEG 4.11MB |
WAV 519K MP2 188K |
| Interview | movies | audio | |
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Manfred explains why he doesn't like the rock lift. |
AVI 1.70MB Quicktime 1.65MB MPEG 2.26MB |
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| Rock Lift | movies | audio | |
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Manfred lifts the 120 kg rock (264 lbs).
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Manfred shows why he doesn't like the rock lift. He almost
takes his head off on his last lift. Manred ties for fourth in this event. |
AVI 650K Quicktime 630K MPEG 1.03MB |
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| Car Carry | movies | audio | |
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Carry car across course. Manfred finishes second to Magnusson in this event. He was winning, but got too close to the center and had to realign the car. |
AVI 2.06MB Quicktime 2.01MB MPEG 2.79MB |
WAV 352K MP2 128K |
| Hercules Hold | movies | audio | |
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Outstretched arms grip for time. Manfred finished fifth in this event. |
AVI 1.20MB Quicktime 1.17MB MPEG 1.56MB |
WAV 196K MP2 71K |
| Dead Lift | movies | audio | |
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Deadlift for max weight. Each competitor gets six lifts. Manfred fails at 880 lbs, finishing fourth. |
AVI 1.32MB Quicktime 1.29MB MPEG 1.73MB |
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| Pole Push | movies | audio | |
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Object is to knock opponent off of their feet or out of the square |
AVI 953K Quicktime 930K MPEG 1.17MB |
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Manfred chose not to square off with Riku for the final because of heat exhaustion (it was over 100 F). This could have been the difference had he won. |
AVI 1.14MB Quicktime 1.11MB MPEG 1.46MB |
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| Atlas Stones | movies | audio | |
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Magnus beats Manfred by 0.7 seconds to take the title. |
AVI 3.39MB Quicktime 3.29MB MPEG 4.68MB |
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Overall Standings
1. Magnus Ver Magnusson 2. Manfred Hoeberl 3. Riku Kiri 4. Gerritt Badenhorst 5. Forbes Cowan 6. Anton Boucher 7. Joe Onosai 8. Ted Van Der Parre |
(Iceland) (Austria) (Finland) (South Africa) (Scotland) (Namibia) (Samoa) (Holland) | 50.5 pts. 49.5 pts. 48 pts. 38.5 pts. 36.5 pts. 31.5 pts. 12.5 pts. (Injured) 7 pts. (Injured) |