ISRAEL: Muscle-bound Israelis show off their pulling powers.

Record ID: 395568

  • Title: ISRAEL: Muscle-bound Israelis show off their pulling powers.
  • Date: 9th June 2010
  • Summary: MORE OF MEN PULLING TRUCKS
  • Embargoed: 24th June 2010 13:00
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  • Location: Israel
  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky,Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVAAYX4FZ23TBYWFTK5B4AOO2MYX
  • Story Text: Beachgoers were treated to a muscle bound spectacle in Tel Aviv on Tuesday (June 8).
    Universal Trucks Israel (UTI) organised the competition to find the strongest men and women of Israel who could pull a truck the fastest.
    Competitors had to pull seven and a half tonne trucks along a 30-meter course in a car park beside the beach.
    The men's competition was eventually won by 34-year old Denis Bundernko, who pulled his truck in 20:50 seconds.
    Vera Spanyav claimed the title "The Strongest Woman in Israel at Truck Pulling" after she towed a seven and a half tonne truck along the course in a time of 29:24 seconds.
    "I am very proud of myself, it was lots of fun. I broke my record from last year, and I won a trip to Greece," Spanyav told Reuters Television.
    Spanyav and Bundernko, who both took first prize, each won vacation packages to Greece.
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