WORLD STRONGMAN established acting branch in China – the CSF China Strongman Federation continues to push for the development of the sport and a competition league.  Head of CSF Mark Soo is informing: The first Shenzhen’s Strongest held in late April in southern China, Guangdong Province by Lifton and endorsed by CSF will become a regular in the competition calendar. The contest gathered local and foreign athletes that competed in a series of disciplines including Monster Dumbbell, Sandbag Carry, Log Press, Stone to Shoulder and Farmers Carry.  Another first is the Feel Good Fest- Strongman Challenge held in Shanghai by CSF also saw athletes take on disciplines such as Yoke Carry, Viking Press and the Apollon Wheel Elephant Bar deadlift. Both events drew big crowds with an amazing energy and were popular with the ladies as well! Good times and lots of fun, many of whom this was their first contest!

Overall Champions:

Shenzhen’s Strongest Overall Winners

Overall Mens: Huang Chenming

Overall Womens: Yana

Feel Good Fest Strongman Challenge

Overall Womens Anna Pelc

Overall Mens: Tak Fung

Big congratulations to the winners and all the athletes that competed. Competition season or COVID lockdowns training never stops!

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Team of the World Strongman and World Etnosport attended the annual congress of the General Association of Asia and Pacific Sports Federations – GAAPSF and the forum of the sports industry and education in Jinan, Shandun (China).

They also held talks with the president of GAAPSF – Ma Wenguang about joint projects of the World Strongman & World Ethnosport in Asia and Pasific, including China.

At the forum of the sports industry and education, Vladislav Redkin presented the Ethnosport Challenge project. The project aroused keen interest among the participants. As a result of the event, it was agreed to hold the largest Ethnosport Challenge event next year not only in Uzbekistan, but also in China.

An important step in the development of strongman sports in Asia and the Pacific was the signing of a license agreement with the Metal Muscle brand for the production of certified strongman equipment.

In Jinan, guests visited a technological university, computer center and Olympic center. Guests examined the places of possible strongman and ethnosport tournaments.

In same time good news came from another part of the world – in Bogota (Colombia) at a meeting of the 14th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO, it was decided to accredit the World Ethnosport as an advisory partner.

In the framework of this status, the center of activity of the World Ethnosport will be Uzbekistan also.

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