Team European Championships 2000
Kokkola, Finland
notes by Sami

Farewell competition of Berend Veneberg!

Final Results:

1. Finland-1, 46 (Virtanen & Paavisto)
2. Finland-2, 32 (Räsänen & Heinonen)
3. Netherlands, 30 (Ziljstra & Veneberg)
4. Poland, 29.5 
5. Sweden, 29 
6. Iceland, 22.5 
7. Norway, 16 
8. Scotland, 13 


Photo by Hämeen Sanomat


Events: 

Farmer's Walk, 510 kg
FIN1 53.72 m
POL 50 m
FIN2 48.5 m
NED 48.2 m
SWE 46.26 m
ICE 41.32 m
SCO 35.05 m
NOR 30.8 m

Viking Press
POL 37 reps!
FIN1 26
FIN2 25
SWE 25
NED 23
ICE 23
SCO 20
NOR 16

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FIN1
NED
FIN2
SWE
NOR
POL
SCO
ICE

500 ton Shore Crane Pull (equals 2 Boeing 747), winner to Guinness Book of Records
FIN1 3.05 m
FIN2 1.46 m
SWE 1.10 m
NED 0.82 m
NOR 0.69 m
ICE 0.41 m
POL 0.41 m
SCO 0.3 m

Jouko (TV commentator) to Svend:
J: 69 cm - you're leading so far
S: It's unbelievable - shortest pull in history! ... I think it's the first time in history when you can win the Hand over Hand with under 4 m I think.
J: Have you ever tried anything like this before?
S: I do this every day ... back in my home town ... but I do it alone so ... Kurt had to just pretend to pull it - NO, this is unbelievably heavy - it's the worst ever! ;-)
Truck Pull with harness
FIN1 45.8 s / 25 m
SWE 51.3 / 25 m
ICE 62.7 / 25 m 
FIN2 DNF 
NED
NOR
SCO
POL
("200 kg" Torfi shouting SISU, Finnish word for perseverance/stamina/grit/guts)
Forward Hold 60 kg
POL 45.89
FIN1 41.42
ICE 38.84
NED
SCO
NOR
FIN2
SWE

 
 

 

 

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