According to Laurance Shahlaei’s official website he stands 6′ 2″ tall and weighs 140kg, but more importantly he’s England’s Strongest Man 2009 and the 9th Strongest Man in the World as of World’s Strongest Man 2009. Laurence was kind enough to take the time answer a few questions, and here is what he had to [...]
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Interview with Laurence Shahlaei
Posted in 2009, England's Strongest Man, Final, Heats, Interviews, Laurence Shahlaei, World's Strongest Man 2009, tagged England's Strongest Man, Laurence Shahlaei, Magnus Samuelsson, Mariusz Pudzianowski, Mark Felix, Terry Hollands, World's Strongest Man, World's Strongest Man 2009 on February 24, 2010 | 5 Comments »
World’s Strongest Man 2009 – Heat 5
Posted in Andrus Murumets, Christian Savoie, Competitors, Dave Ostlund, Florian Trimpl, Heats, Jarek Dymek, Magnus Samuelsson, Television, Terry Hollands, World's Strongest Man 2009, tagged Andrus Murumets, Brian Shaw, Christian Savoie, Dave Ostlund, Derek Poundstone, Florian Trimpl, Jarek Dymek, Laurence Shahleia, Louis-Philippe Jean, Mariusz Pudzianowski, Phil Pfister, Terry Hollands, Travis Ortmayer, World's Strongest Man, World's Strongest Man 2009, Zydrunas Savickas on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So this is it, the 5th and final heat which will determine the last 2 competitors who will make it through to the final of The World’s Strongest Man 2009. Shown on Bravo TV in the UK on Monday 1st February and with these 6 guys vying for those 2 qualification places: Andrus Murumets (Estonia) [...]
World’s Strongest Man 2009 – Heat 4
Posted in Heats, Television, tagged Agris Kazelniks, Ettiene Smit, Johannes Arsjo, Laurence Shahlaei, Richard Skog, Travis Ortmayer, World's Strongest Man, World's Strongest Man 2009, WSM on January 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The penultimate heat of the 2009 World’s Strongest Man was shown on Bravo TV) in the UK this past Monday and the line up looked like this: Agris Kazelniks (Latvia) – 1st World’s Strongest Man appearance Ettiene Smit (South Africa) – 1st World’s Strongest Man appearance Johannes Arsjo (Sweden) – Sweden’s Strongest Man 2009 Laurence [...]
World’s Strongest Man 2009 – Heat 3
Posted in Heats, Television, tagged Alexander Klyushev, Darren Sadler, Derek Poundstone, Ervin Katona, Jimmy Laureys, Mariusz Pudzianowski, Phil Pfister, Richard Skog, Travis Ortmayer, World's Strongest Man, World's Strongest Man 2009, WSM on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Very late with this blog post and for that I apologise, though to make for it this is the first post on the all new The 5th Stone blog! My own personal blog was becoming too World’s Strongest Man oriented so a break-away was necessary. It’s a bit generic at the moment but fear not, [...]
World’s Strongest Man 2009 – Heat 2
Posted in Heats, Television, tagged Brian Shaw, Derek Poundstone, Mariusz Pudzianowski, Mark Felix, Marshall White, Martin Wildauer, World's Strongest Man, World's Strongest Man 2009, Zydrunas Savickas on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As a reminder, here is the Heat 1 report. Last night on Bravo TV was the Heat 2 of the World’s Strongest Man 2009, with the following 6 competitors hoping to come in the top 2 and qualify for the final. Brian Shaw (America) – 2nd World’s Strongest Man appearance, finished 3rd in his heat [...]
The World's Strongest Man 2009 Heat Lineups
Posted in Heats, Television, tagged Bravo TV, Brian Shaw, Derek Poundstone, Mark Felix, Marshall White, Martin Wildauer, Stefan Solvi Petersson, World's Strongest Man, World's Strongest Man 2009, WSM, Zydrunas Savickas on January 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
It was only when I was looking back at old blog entries that I remembered that we actually know the lineups for the World Strongest Man 2009 heats thanks to Official World’s Strongest Man website and I have actually published them already in a previous post here. In the 2nd heat on Monday 11th January [...]
World's Strongest Man 2009 – Heat 1
Posted in Heats, Television, tagged Bravo TV, Derek Poundstone, Jimmy Marku, Kevin Nee, Kostiantyn Ilin, Louis-Philippe Jean, Mark Felix, Sebastian Wenta, World's Strongest Man on January 5, 2010 | 4 Comments »
On watching the first show of World’s Strongest Man 2009 on Bravo TV it became evident that there was some confusion as to who had qualified for what and how. We were told that the top 3 competitors from each of the three Giants Live Tour events would qualify for the World’s Strongest Man 2009, [...]
