American's named for 2011 WSM

[Bryan Hildebrand]

An impressive list for sure. we could see an american win for the first time since phill pfister in 2006.

http://www.rxmuscle.com/strongman/strongman-articles/3754-worlds-strongest-man-2011-us-invites-released.html

[robert da strongman]

pretty darn cool the ASM champ will get to go.

[Bryan Hildebrand]

the only downside... travis already has an invite. will they pass the invite down if he wins?

I dont suspect he will pass on ASM.

[s2h]

Question from a wsm fan..but i dont know alot about some of the guys..my guess is brian shaw would be the favorite???..but is there any kinda unknown european guy that may sneak up on him???

[Bryan Hildebrand]

its always a crap shoot. depends on who gets paired in qualifying. who stays healthy. who has an off day or week. Brian I think hs to be considered the favorite, but with Z, Misha and a few others, it will be interesting. I have not seen the full invite list. i will post it when it is announced.

[smj091977]

Z is the most impressive Strongman in History. While he and Brian Shaw technically tied last year, Z won due to event wins, I think. That and the third placing at the Arnold will motivate the strongest man in the world to really apply himself this year.

[s2h]

theres one euro guy that did real well at the 2010 wsm qualifiers..his name slips my mind..i think he's from croatia...is that misha??

[robert da strongman]

the only downside... travis already has an invite. will they pass the invite down if he wins?

I dont suspect he will pass on ASM.

i believe they will do that. wsm is always generous to the host countries athletes.

[robert da strongman]

theres one euro guy that did real well at the 2010 wsm qualifiers..his name slips my mind..i think he's from croatia...is that misha??

misha koklayev....russian

but there is the guy from lithuania that just set the circus dumbbell WR in ireland...he is your dark horse.

[Bryan Hildebrand]

if there is a dark horse, this guy is it. being trained by magnus ver magnussen himself.

Hafthor Julius Bjornsson,

[s2h]

if there is a dark horse, this guy is it. being trained by magnus ver magnussen himself.

Hafthor Julius Bjornsson,def a cool name..

[crashcrew56]

I'm going to try to make it to WSM this year, I think it should really be an awesome show this year, and should be a close show.

Is Misha doing it this year, I heard something about him going back to competing in Oly lifting, and trying to compete in London in 2012

[Ironbrian82]

mariasz pudzianowoski is training a guy named krystof something who is up there with zydruunas on any overhead press and theres another new polish guy named matueusz. how do poland keep pumping out these lean strongmen. the majority carry alot of body fat is that healthy guys