NEWS   Marius Pudzianowski Big Z Poundstone Magnus Samuelsson One hundred years ago... www.fortissimus.net Louis Cyr and Eugen Sandow Louis Cyr, backlift Claude Le Sauteur Ortmayer : Natural born stoneman Jessen Paulin : Man of stone Koklyaev : A master degree in strength Mark Felix: Hands of Hercule Sebastian Wenta : All-Around strongman Dominc Filou: A Force of One Andrus Murumets : The Estonian PowerMan Polski Mocarzu ! Louis-Philippe Jean :Heart of a lion Terry Holland: To be or not to be the strongest Arild Haugen: Viking Power on the rise Randall J. Strossen: Man with an Ironmind Stefan Sölvi Pétursson: Keeping the Tradition Alive Zydrunas Savickas: World Records Breaker Ervin Katona: A powerhouse from Serbia Agreement between Fortissimus & ASC Agreement between Fortissimus & AussiPower Agreement between Fortissimus & SCL

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, THE LOUIS CYR’S MEMOIRS It was on Saturday, February 8, 1908, that La Presse newspaper published the first of 44 articles on the life and times of Louis Cyr, the Strongest Man ever. It was an exclusive story as told by the Canadian Samson himself to the newspaper’s representative, Septime Laferrière and illustrator, Albéric Bourgeois, had called it as he saw it : «Louis Cyr is, without any doubt, the strongest man on earth with an unmatched record that will probably stand forever. He deserves such notoriety…» Time proved that, the editor had made the right decision. The number of copies sold that year reached an unprecedented peak. And, from there on, Louis Cyr became a true folk’s hero and a legend. The articles are well kept at La Presse’s  Documentation Center and at the Louis Cyr’ Archives of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). Also : www.fortissimus.net