Lviv strongman sets new record

LVIV - Twenty-nine-year-old Vasyl Vyrastiuk of Lviv is the undisputed strongman of Ukraine and perhaps the world. He has won and successfully defended virtually every major strongman championship in Ukraine and within the region of the former Soviet Union. He also performs record-setting stunts. In his most recent accomplishment, he set a new world record by moving five street cars weighing 101.5 tons each a distance of 17.9 meters (about 60 feet). The record was established during Lviv Days festivities in the muscleman's hometown on May 3. The effort was duly recorded and should become part of the next edition of the Guiness Book of World Records. Mr. Vyrastiuk, who works as a filling station guard, has also set records in carrying two bags weighing 171 kilograms each (376 pounds each) and in pushing a line of 10 automobiles.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, May 11, 2003, No. 19, Vol. LXXI

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