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Post by Eric Roussin on Apr 1, 2014 19:33:16 GMT -5
Today I’m beginning a new series of updates called “This Day in Armwrestling History”. My plan is to post a snippet of information relating to the history of armwrestling on the Armwrestlers Only Facebook page each day for the next 12 months. The posts may relate to tournaments, pullers, organizations, etc. but will always be related to the calendar date. For example, here is today’s entry:
This Day in Armwrestling History… 19 years ago today – April 1st, 1995: The sixth edition of the Golden Bear International Tournament is held in Moscow. Though the U.S. and Canada had been dominating this competition since the inaugural event in 1990, it was clear that the tide was beginning to turn. Pullers from Russia and other former members of the Soviet Republic were catching up to their North American counterparts, having had a few years to learn the sport and train for it correctly. In subsequent years (1996-1999), Eastern Europeans won the majority of weight classes.
If you like to read about this sort of thing, I encourage you to “like” the Armwrestlers Only Facebook page so that the daily updates appear in your news feed.
I will also be archiving the entries on the main Armwrestlers Only site (http://armwrestlersonly.blogspot.co.uk/) on a monthly basis.
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Post by Eric Roussin on Apr 30, 2014 8:43:05 GMT -5
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Post by Bill Sinks on Apr 30, 2014 21:47:27 GMT -5
Great job Eric ,you must dedicate alot of time to this. fun to read !
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Post by Eric Roussin on Apr 30, 2014 22:07:02 GMT -5
Thanks Bill. It does take quite a bit of time, but I enjoy doing it.
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Post by Eric Roussin on Jun 1, 2014 6:32:11 GMT -5
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Post by Mike Cocchi on Jun 1, 2014 10:00:57 GMT -5
Great stuff as always. Thank you for taking the time to do this.
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Greg Gray
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National Champion
Austin TX
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Post by Greg Gray on Jun 1, 2014 10:28:23 GMT -5
It's nice to read these and see the progression of the sport. You're doing a great job with them.
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Post by Eric Roussin on Jun 1, 2014 16:54:50 GMT -5
Thanks guys.
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Post by Eric Roussin on Jul 3, 2014 19:48:24 GMT -5
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Post by Evan Keller on Jul 4, 2014 2:04:14 GMT -5
Great job yet again Eric. Keep it up, it's very impressive that you can collect and present all this data. I love finding out about specific matches on the site that I might have otherwise not heard about.
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Post by Eric Roussin on Aug 1, 2014 11:10:24 GMT -5
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Post by Mike Cocchi on Aug 1, 2014 16:14:31 GMT -5
As always very nice. Very nice read.
I think that Harley pull in nor cal Kenny Hughes went like 8 classes one year starting at the 154s and up. Not sure what year though, just remember seeing him at weight ins and kick some butt that day. Im almost positive it's that year you noted.
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