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On 21st and 22nd of September 2007, Iceland will host the 5th Worldwide Strength Competition for the Handicapped.
The competition will be divided into two categories: wheelchair and standing. Both categories will be open to the developmentally disabled.On each day competitors will attempt three to four different feats of strength.
Challenges include the following: Car-pulling by hand, Truck-pulling, Log-lifting, Shoulder Press, Farmer’s Walk, Rock-Lifting, Hercules’ Hold and Loading.
Registration forms will be available on the web site of the Reykjavik Sports Center for the Handicapped: http://www.ifr.is
You may also email Ms Gemma Taylor at . Ms Taylor won the title of Britain’s Strongest Woman in 2005 and 2006, as well as the International Champion.
Watch the trailer video from the 2005 competition at http://www.ifr.is/page8/strength05.html
For further information, please contact
Arnar Már Jónsson (Coach, IFR)
E-mail:
Phone: +354-868-6823
Magnús Ver Magnússon (Organiser)
E-mail:
Phone: +354-663-0001