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Zydrunas Savickas Ends Pro Strongman Career? Nope! See Update

October 3, 2012 By 7 Comments

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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  • jussi

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

  • asesumykolas

    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

      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.

  • Joe

    Hope he is not planning on doing a pudsanowski and trying out MMA!

    • GregorATG

      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.

  • Everett

    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.

    • GregorATG

      Yeah a PL comp here and there would be awesome.