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2010 WSM Finals
The venue for this years WSM finals will be Sun City - South Africa
The World's Strongest Man finals are returning to South Africa and the Sun City resort for the first time since 2000. Africa has hosted several WSM finals over the years and has created a host of memorable moments.
The 2000 final was dominated by the viking power of Janne Virtanen, Svend Karlsen and Magnus Samuelsson, with a young Mariusz Pudzianowski coming 4th.
This year's final will see the return of reigning champion Zydrunas Savickas, defending his title against a host of WSM regulars and new contenders in the world class surroundings of Sun City.
Sun City is a luxury resort, situated in the North West Province of South Africa. It is located about two hours' drive from Johannesburg, near the city of Rustenburg. It is surrounded by the imposing mountains of the Pilanesberg and borders the Pilanesberg Game Reserve.
Qualifiers will be filmed between the 15th and 18th September.
Final will be filmed between the 21st and 22nd September.
More details will be announced soon including:
• Athlete line up
• Events schedule
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Zydrunas Savickas 2009 World's Strongest Man
I do only one Niox capsule a day at this time 06/2010...JB
I do 2 Niox capsules in the morning at this time 07/2010...JB
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Four backs have already gone over 1,000 yards this season. And there's a chance that two more could join that exclusive club this weekend.
Among BCS conferences, only three leagues -- the Pac-10, the SEC and the Big 12 -- have four 1,000-yard rushers. And of course, all of those leagues have more teams than the Big East.
Last year seemed like a tailback nirvana in the Big East, with five 1,000-yard backs. There was UConn's Donald Brown leading the nation in rushing yards, LeSean McCoy starring at Pitt, Victor Anderson winning conference newcomer of the year honors and Curtis Brinkley powering Syracuse's run-based attack. What's so impressive about this year is that only one of last season's 1,000-yarders accomplished the feat again: West Virginia's Noel Devine.
Pitt true freshman Dion Lewis leads the league at 1,446 yards. Devine is second at 1,232. Also surpassing four figures are UConn's Jordan Todman (1,079) and Syracuse's Delone Carter (1,021). With an average day against South Florida, Andre Dixon (917 yards) will become the second UConn back to surpass 1,000 this season. And Rutgers' Joe Martinek (874) could get there with a nice game against West Virginia.
Perhaps 1,000 yards doesn't mean as much in a 12-game season. But it's still unusual that this many backs in an eight-team league have passed or are approaching the barrier.
If 1,000 yards remains the gold standard, the Big East has a lot of bling this year.
