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Benni Magnusson to Compete on March 27

Submitted by Staff on March 10, 2010 - 8:50am.

Iceland's Benedikt Magnusson will return to the platform on March 27 for a raw bench press and deadlift competition at the Fun Pub in Jyväskylä, Finland. Currently, Magnusson holds the second biggest deadlift in history at 970 pounds. At one time, his was the top ranked pull, before Andy Bolton overtook it with a 971 pound pull.

Meet director Jani Murtomaki reports that the lineup also includes IFBB pro bodybuilder Jari Mentula, Tommi Pitkänen (550 raw bench press @ 220), Strongwoman competitors Kati Luoto (bench) and Gemma Magnusson (deadlift), and other lifters from Iceland, Czech Republic and Finland.

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Submitted by Funky Monkey (not verified) on March 10, 2010 - 10:31am. » login or register to post comments

Funky Monkey likes this. be good to see if he can go over 1,000lbs.

Submitted by greg nuckols (not verified) on March 10, 2010 - 10:37am. » login or register to post comments

i doubt he'll go over 1000 in this one. i have nothing to base that opinion on, but my feeling is that he just wants to get his feet wet in a meet again to see where he's at currently and see what he needed to do for the big pull-off against bolton, KK, big z and the others.

Submitted by Kevin P on March 10, 2010 - 10:57am. » login or register to post comments

Benni is just getting warmed up... I'm sure he'll pull some impressive weight, but this is just an preview for whats to come. I've got no doubt he'll be bolton's biggest challenge next year.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 10, 2010 - 11:35am. » login or register to post comments

greg nuckols wrote:

LOL, pull-off!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 10, 2010 - 11:36am. » login or register to post comments

Has Benni and KK confirmed to meet Bolton?

Submitted by zane geeting on March 10, 2010 - 11:49am. » login or register to post comments

Funky Monkey wrote:

Funky Monkey likes this. be good to see if he can go over 1,000lbs.

Considering last meet he did he barely pulled 800, I kinda doubt thats gonna happen.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 10, 2010 - 12:16pm. » login or register to post comments

Anonymous wrote:

Has Benni and KK confirmed to meet Bolton?

Benni has. I don't think KK has

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 10, 2010 - 2:42pm. » login or register to post comments

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Considering last meet he did he barely pulled 800, I kinda doubt thats gonna happen.

He pulled 881 this summer, a user posted the icelandic site here. His 800 was a year ago.

Submitted by hacketjj1 on March 10, 2010 - 3:11pm. » login or register to post comments

Anonymous wrote:

Quote:

Considering last meet he did he barely pulled 800, I kinda doubt thats gonna happen.

He pulled 881 this summer, a user posted the icelandic site here. His 800 was a year ago.

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J Hack

Submitted by zane geeting on March 10, 2010 - 4:28pm. » login or register to post comments

Anonymous wrote:

Quote:

Considering last meet he did he barely pulled 800, I kinda doubt thats gonna happen.

He pulled 881 this summer, a user posted the icelandic site here. His 800 was a year ago.

thank you for the correction. 881 is still a far cry from 1000

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 10, 2010 - 6:09pm. » login or register to post comments

Did he Benni get injured? or just took time off ? as i remember he pulled 971 awhile back either way it will be great to see him lift again he is a good lifter.