UNITED STRONGMEN®# 9 - June 2014

Powerful Magazine

for Strongman / Woman, Fitness, Highland Games

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THE FITTEST STRENGTH MAGAZINE ON EARTH™POWER NEWS

Tanja Harinen wins the first Diamondgirl™ title! !Andreas Valand wins -90kg World Championships !Niina Jumppanen & Janne Grandalen-Flo crowned as the Queen´s of the Castle™ !And much more.

2015 FINADA DOPING TESTING TO ALL US EVENTS

Welcome to the summer of 2014 issue of Power News - The Fittest Strength Magazine on Earth™.

Traditionally this summer issue has been Finland oriented and it is so this time also including happenings organized there like the First Diamondgirl™ competition and Finnish, Scandinavian and World Championships etc.

We also introsuce a few new female powerhouses from Nordic area and open up more the upcoming renewings like new weight classes, doping-testting and other things.

Project United Strongmen® has been now active for 3 years and after a punch of guideline checkings, mistakes, learnings, investments along with positive experiences it is now a lot nearer to it´s goals than before.

The changes of the future will surele do changes for the sport and time will tell if the strength athletics is growing to be more a sport, instead of just a show.

Along with future renewigns, what can be seen on page 16, there´s a lot of renewings on going…starting from this magazine outlook and webpages, what will be renewed

during the rest of the year to more professionally looks along with changes in competitions - new classes for 2014 are already announced and there´s more to come for 2015 also.

Usually at this point it is time to say things like train hard, wise etc. This time I follow the guidelines of our renewings and say train clean and enjoy the summer life!!

Jyrki Rantanen Editor in Chief!

FROM THE EDITOR

This magazine is published by United Strongmen®. All photos © United Strongmen®/www.photobypiia.com, if nothing else mentioned.All rights reserved. In the cover photo Tanja Harinen winning the first Diamondgirl™ title.!

UNITED STRONGMEN® P.O.BOX 5513101 HÄMEENLINNAFINLANDwww.unitedstrongmen.cominfo@unitedstrongmen.com

POWER NEWS THE FITTEST STRENGTH MAGAZINE ON EARTH™ !

2/ 2014 INDEX 2. From the editor & index. 3-4. DiamondGirl™ 20145-7. US -90 KG World Championships 20148.-9. Queen of the castle™ - US Strongwoman Scandinavian Championships 201410. Finland´s Strongest Man/Woman 201411. Owen´s corner12. Newcomers in Strongwoman13 . United Strongmen® World Championships 201414. FINADA Doping testing 201415. dopinglinkki.fi16. Renewings 201517. Calendar

THANK YOU! !Every reader, Every visitor in our pages, facebook or video department etc.Every writer, helper, assistant and not to mention co-operators.Thank You for supporting our work - be part of the good development of our sports!

Train clean! and enjoy ! summer life!

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! DIAMONDGIRL™ 2014

Finland´s Tarja Harinen won the first DiamondGirl™ title in the competition, which was held in Häme Sport Festival happening in Hämeenlinna, Finland in the beginning of May.The competition contained two rounds - ”the shining round”, which looks for natural, female athlete look without too ripped shepe along with the ”the touhgness round” with 4 exercises including 2 minute max reps with 80% bw in overhead lift, 120 % bw deadlifts and max holds in chin bar hanging and the hoover hold. Each round gives the competitor half of the points, so along with the shining looks, the athlete needs to be diamond tough also.The competition is named after the main sponsor Kohinoor Diamonds, which are the trophies also for top3.

In the photo the winner Tanja Harinen hauling up 2 minute reps in the overhead lift.

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The first competition was set was for mainly Finnish competitors as a few international names had to withdraw due injuries but for 2015 the action grows and it will have national qualification events in Finland and possible in other countries, too and the finals will be open for international colors, too.For more info about the competition, please visit www.unitedstrongmen.com or email to info@unitedstrongmen.com. Check out also www.facebook.com/DIAMONDGIRLCOMPETITION.!TOP 6 2014:!1. Tanja Harinen, FIN 11 pts2. Marke Hietapakka, FIN 10 pts3. Johanna Lind, FIN 8 pts4. Joanna Rannisto, FIN 6 pts5. Pihla Raunio, FIN 5 pts6. Jenni Maksimainen, FIN 2 pts!More statistics about the points can be found in the above Facebook page.!Below in the photos overhead lift winner Marke Hietapakka (right), Johanna Lind deadlifting and top2 matchingin hoover hold.The competitions main sponsor is the largest jewelry maker in Scandinavia, Kultakeskus Oy and top3 earned Kohinoor diamonds with retail value of 1000€ each.

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US -90KG STRONGMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014

Norway´s Andreas Valand, who is a multi-time national champion for -90kg class took the honors of being the first US -90kg Strongman World Champion.And he won the title in a way, which did not leave any questions as the strong norwegian was solid in each event without weak spots or mistakes even the overall competition was hard and the victory came with the lowest margins.From over 20 competitors qualifications Valand started with 2nd spot, while home country hero Sami Pätäri had the lead. On the finals Andreas held his quality level in each event and in the evening he was the one to stand on the highest podium.Scandinavian´s had a strong hold in the event as only USA´s Andrew Cordaro managed to push himself throw the Nordic barrier to the finals outside from Norway, Finland, Denmark triangle.!On left Andreas Valand reaping with 70kg dumbbell to finalize his victory.

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1. Andreas Valand, NOR 23,52. Sami Pätäri, FIN 243. Brian Möller Larsen, DEN 334. Andrew Cordaro, USA 345. Tim Enersen, NOR 37,56. Aki Sahanen, FIN 41,5!See more photos and full results here:

Left: Sami Pätäri had a strong start and lead the competition after the qualifications, but Valand edged him out in the finals.Right: Brian Möller Larsen had solid performances, too and took the bronze spot.

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Above: TOP6 at US -90kg World Championships 2014. (up, left Sahanen, Enersen, Cordaro, down, left Pätäri, Valand, Larsen).Below: MAS-WRESTLING was an extra event for the athletes, who were dropped out from the finals…in 8 guys battle Norway´s Loyd Kaanand was the king.

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! QUEEN OF THE CASTLE™ 2014 US STRONGWOMAN SCANDINAVIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Niina Jumppanen (FIN) last woman standed 215kg in deadlift and won her first international title of Scandinavian Champion.In the close battle the newcomer Hanna Meltoranta was only 0,5 points away from the gold and edging out the first QC title holder Annina Luotonen.

1. Niina Jumppanen, FIN 12,52. Hanna Meltoranta, FIN 133. Annina Luotonen, FIN 174. Ingebjörg Lilja, ICE 29,5L[ �8

Norway´s Janne Grandalen-Flo (a.ka. StrongJane) dominated the -70kg class and took the crown of lw Queen of the Castle™ and Scandinavian Champions of 2014.In lw class she won all events except the tire flip and tie win in dl.In sack carry she took the overall 2nd place with huge result of 181 meters with only Open class winner Niina Jumppanen edging her out.In overall points Janne placed 4th.The silver went to the iron grip woman Jaana Tanner and she was followed by Leena Nurminen and young Margret Årsaelsdóttir from Iceland.!1.Janne Grandalen-Flo 24,5 2.Jaana Tanner, FIN 35,53.Leena Nurminen FIN 384.Margret Årsaelsdóttir, ICE 46!In the photo Janne on the sack carry.!More photos and full results on Power News albums on Facebook.

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FINLAND´S STRONGEST 2014

Traditional Finland´s Strongest competitions were held in the beginning of June in Perniö, Finland.!In the women´s class the newcomer Hanna Meltoranta took a revenge match with Niina Jumppanen and this time Hanna was the Queen of the competition.!On mens classes the newcomers also damaged the field as Jiri Grönman won 105´s and Arto Niemi -Nikkola took the Open class.Niemi-Nikkola represented the country also in SCL competition a week later and was the best placing Finnish competitor there.In the photo Hanna Meltoranta starting power stair under the surveillance eye of Finnish grand old strongman Ilkka Nummisto.!Women: 1. Hanna Meltoranta 482. Niina Jumppanen 463. Anna Khudayarov 36,54. Leena Nurminen 28,55. Anniina Vaaranmaa 286. Jaana Tanner 26,57. Sonja Ekdahl 25,58. Sini Haapalainen 18,59. Ida Pohjalehto 12,5!Men -105 (top 6/13) !1. Jiri Grönman 157,52. Paavo Paaso 1563. Mikko Annala 1384. Jukka Järvinen 1385. Juha Keskinen 1376. Jyrki Rantanen 123!Open (top6/13) !1. Arto Niemi-Nikkola 1912. Jarno Kirselä 1693. Juha Jokinen 1684. Martti Harjapää 163,55. Arttu Parviainen 159,56. Roger Karimus 151

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ASK PERMISSION

By Owen Davott Taylor III

Sticking to the topics of not only health and fitness, but also bridging into the world of Crossfit, Strongmen competitions, as well as fitness, figure, physique, bodybuilding and bikini competing, plus everything that leads up to the preparation of events, there are many factors that you probably see that cause someone to enter into these types of worlds and embark upon these different journeys. As you can tell, with what this publication is centered around, whether someone is on the outside of these worlds looking on the inside or vice versa, how many people do you all see especially in the information age that offer their unsolicited opinions on the things that they do NOT have first-hand experience in dealing with? I have been guilty of this on both sides of the spectrum, we all have, if you say that you never have then chances are very good that you are lying.

To keep simple and for instructional purposes only, a guy/girl wants to start competing in a certain event because something has happened in their life (antecedent) and apparently there is more to life than just X,Y, and Z. In other words, the way that they thought that life was supposed to be done according to “common/average” standards or what they were taught, when breaking away from the “common world” to the “fitness world”, the support should be readily right there and cheering them on right? How about this, the answer to that question is….NOPE! Of course we mean well in what we may think and say, on this same note, nobody is perfect. Case in point, whenever unsolicited opinions on someone’s ambitions, goals, endeavors, and journeys are not either thought through or not enough open ended #QUESTions are being asked, we can often come across as very insensitive and not only drive that person away but often the person with the opinion will figuratively miss the tree for the forest. To reiterate, this also goes for someone in the industry relating to someone that has no first-hand knowledge of it, and they may often miss the forest for the trees.

The same can also apply to different body types, as well as different organizations, and various fitness goals. To elaborate, when one selects a trainer to come alongside with them to hold them accountable to what they are wanting to do, that is an interaction in which will be the make or break to what is wanting to be accomplished. There are certain open ended questions that many trainers are great about asking and practices that they develop which help their client(s) reach maintenance as opposed to going into relapse. In doing this, in all essence, what they are doing is asking permission from their client or potential client. On the flipside, to put it simply, whenever a client signs a confidentiality statement for whatever trainer that they choose, they ask permission for the trainer to do what they need to do for them to get them to where they want to be. Another type of permission that is given is when there is a goal, an organization, a place, or location that is great to have, achieve, or be involved in; however due to a possible strength or a trait that a person may exhibit, that is the wrong type of goal for them to shoot for altogether. Being able to ask permission and extend this permission to someone is never easy, and it does take time. If I can be a part of your journey whatever it is, I would love to be a part of it. So on that note, if there is something that I see that I am compelled to ask you a open and challenging question on, may I ask your permission to do so?

Best In Health,

Owen D. Taylor III

2014 Bodyspace Male Semifinalist on bodybuilding.com

Strength and Conditioning Specialist at Hi Line Fitness (www.hilinefitness.com)

#QUEST Nutrition Demo Representative, Isolator Fitness IsoBag Affiliate

Nutrition Specialist at MaxMuscle North Texas (Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.)

IG: Taylor3OptimusPrime

Owtaylor3@gmail.com

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Newcomers

Power News is introducing 3 newcomers to the Strongwoman competitions:!They all deputed in Queen of the Castle™ - US Strongwoman Scandinavian Championships and it is pretty sure we will hear more about these ladies:!Above, Margret Årsaelsdóttir and Ingibrörg Lilja are youngsters from the legendary Iceland and they came to the competition to break records and show than they are made from steel. Both girls beat their previous records in many events and showed real sportsman (woman) ship along with positive attitude despite the heavy rain during the competition. Left: A little older ”girl” Hanna Meltoranta did also her deput in the competition with only 4 weeks of event training behind her…She has some 30 yrs of experience from tennis. volleyball and ”strength-bodybuilding” and she missed the victory in the first contest with only 0,5 pts. Some 4 weeks later she was crowned with the title of Finland´s Strongest Woman. Some could say she´s a talent.

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! US WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014

Our second World Championships happening for 2014 will take place at Pyroll Areena in Pyhtää (15km from Kotka, Finland). The weight-ins will be at competition hotel Cumulus Kotka on Friday 30th, October, followed by the qualifications in Pyroll Areena on Saturday and finals on Sunday.!All the event info along with time schedules etc. are appearing on the events FB page:! The competition classes are:Women -60kg, -70kg and OpenMen -80kg and -105kg!The competition is open to everyone, who is not banned due doping in any WADA related organizations and is qualified to top5 in national championships (in USA, GB, Finland, Norway, Sweden or Denmark) or is approved by US via application. The maximum number of participants is 5 from one country to each weight class.Athletes from other countries than mentioned ones can send their applications to info@unitedstrongmen.com.!Along with the winners Degined by Tapio Wirkkala plates TOP3 in each class is getting a podium ring engraved with his/her name and placing on it. The Duetto ring is made of gold/titanium by Kultakeskus Oy, which is Scandinavians largest jewelry maker.

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! FINADA DOPING TESTING 2015

United Strongmen® is becoming the first organizer in strength events including strongman/woman competitions, where doping tests under WADA protocols are done.Starting from the beginning of 2015 US have agreed with FINADA about the co-operation as the new WADA rules are in effect including for example 4 year bans from failed test etc.!Because of the testing US actions will be going to association format and the association is introduced later this year.More about the renewings of this action is introcuded on page 16.!The testing is including to all US World Championships, where the winners and drawn competitors are tested by FINADA.For Nordic countries there will be also anytime/anywhere testing as the current rules are allowing it and more countries are added under it as soon as possible. This is meaning, that athletes in Nordic countries (Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland) will need to sign license for all year around testing if they are willing to compete in National or International US Championships in that year.In World Championships all competitors will need to sign competition contract, where they allow their testing if they are not already under testing license otherwise..!US will follow FINADA quidelines on bans - although the sanctions in case of ban and returning to the competitions after the ban might be haveng extra rules in US.!Finada information also in english here: FINADA

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! RENEWINGS 2015 !ASSOCIATION/DOPING-TESTING/WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORD PROGRAM ! > US goes to association format as it is required for FINADA/WADA co-operation.

> World and other international Championships in all US events (Strongman/Woman, DiamondGirl™, Highland Games) are under doping testing. > National qualifiers in current format ends - starting from 2015 national qualifiers are only in the countries, which are committed to the Anti-Doping work. From other countries anyone, who is under the US license can participate to US World Championships (via applications - max 5 persons per class per country). > US World Championships Record program - the current World Record list is not updated during 2014 and it will be stopped. Starting from 2015 the records in US competitions under doping-testing will be noted to World Championships Record program. > To compete in US competitions 2015 the athlete must be under license minimum of 6 months prior the World or other international or national championships. The license is valid until the end of the year, when license is activated. > The info about licenses and the association is published later in 2014.!!WWW-PAGES, POWERNEWS! > www.unitedstrongmen.com / www.uspowernews.com along with US Youtube channel will be renewed during the upcoming months. > Power News Facebook will continue as daily free news source for the athletes and fans, but Power News - The Fittest Strength Magazine on Earth™ is going also in to renewing and starting from the issue 1/2015 there will be the following ways to get it for you:! - Become the member of the new association / license competitor and it is included to your license as long as the membership or license is valid. - Purchase it via www.uspowernews.com.!COMPETITION CLASSES ! Strongwoman: -60kg, -70kg, -85kg and Open Strongman: -80kg, -90kg, -105kg and Open DiamondGirl™ Highland Games: Men/Women, Open class and Masters over 40 yrs.!

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! CALENDAR ! 2014 8-12th, June Snefjord Highland Gathering & Highland Games, Snefjord/Lakselv, Norway 9th Aug, HG Finish Nationals, Leppävirta, Finland 16th Aug, HG Scandinavian Championships, Hämeelinna, Finland! 14th, Sept Norway´s Strongest lightweights & Women! 1.-2, Nov. US World Championships (M-80, M-105, W-60, W-70 and W-open)!! 2015 14th, March Queen of the Castle™ - US Strongwoman Scandinavian Championships at Aulanko Spa & Hotel , Hämeenlinna, Finland (weigh-classes to be announced) 28.- 30th, Aug. US World Championships for all strongwoman/menclasses, Aulanko Spa & Hotel, Hämeenlinna, Finland.! More 2015 calendar including DiamondGirl™ competitions is announced on Sept. issue of Power News.

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POWER NEWS

THE FITTEST STRENGTH MAGAZINE ON EARTH™ # 10 is coming out in Sept 2014

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