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Zydrunas Savickas Ends Pro Strongman Career? Nope! See Update

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This just in.

According to a Lithuanian news site, the 2012 World’s Stongest Man, Zydrunas Savickas announced that he will retire as a pro strongman.

No official statement yet, but I applaud him for leaving his sport on a high note.

I don’t know what the average ages of pro strongmen are, but at 37 years, retiring in good health and with a WSM title seems like a wise decision.

via Marunde Forum

Thanks to Michal for submitting.

Update: Abort, abort! Now articles start to appear saying the opposite.

“I don’t intend to retire from strengths sports. […] I am only interested in my limits. The results of this season have been better than ever. I participated in 14 competitions, won the 13 of them. Therefore, thinking about the end would be stupid, “- he explained.

So there you have it. To say it with a (mis-) quote of Mark Twain:

The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.

Thanks to Titas for setting this straight.

Also if you are in Lithuania hit weekend (6-7.  October) go to the Savickas Classic.

Update: Zydrunas explained

“I will lift 230kg log before retiring :-),”

 

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Comments

  1. jussi says

    oh..shit, King left.
    Anyways keep going Savickas and hopefully give something for this sport!

  2. asesumykolas says

    I haven’t looked at the article yet, if anything seems out of place, perhaps a little hard to understand, Ill look over those sections and present a better translation/analysis if I can.

    • GregorATG says

      That would be much appreciated.

      As far as I could tell with Google translate, only the tagline said that ‘a source said’ that he will retire.

    • GregorATG says

      He better not go down that route.

      I think he will always be involved in strength sports in some kind or another. Just like Svend Karlsen who was coaching at this years WSM.

  4. Everett says

    He should retire strongman… and take up powerlifting–or just do both. I’d love to see the kind of raw total he’d put up. I’m sure it would be a lot. I don’t know if he could challenge someone like Malanichev, but if anyone could cross over to powerlifting and be a top contender, it would be Big Z.