Shanghai Qinchou Industrial Company specializes in selling digital floor scales, electronic platform scales, explosion-proof electronic scales, electronic weighing scales; "China's First Superhero" can pull away the wheat from 24 acres of land, his name is Long Wu - the 'Long' meaning descendant of the dragon and the 'Wu' referring to martial arts, symbolizing that descendants of the dragon love martial arts. At noon today, the 2009 Yulin Pharmaceutical Cup World Superhero Elite Competition perfectly concluded with an enthusiastic performance by the new champion Long Wu. Despite continuous drizzle and a somewhat cold climate, the shirtless Long Wu showing off his muscles brought the atmosphere on-site to a boil. Enthusiastic citizens who had been watching all morning gathered around him for photos, and some brave young men even touched him while exclaiming: "These arms are harder than iron, how does he train them?"
This Superhero competition was divided into preliminary and final rounds. In the preliminaries, 28 strongmen from within the country participated in four events: lifting heavy objects (two 95 kg iron buckets), embracing heavy objects (120~150 kg large ingots), turning fortune (spinning a 250 kg load), and flipping tires (350 kg). After elimination, Long Wu, Li Dequan, Idel, and 12 others advanced to the finals.
In the finals, Long Wu first completed a 20-meter run carrying heavy objects in 7.92 seconds, then pulled a 12-ton car 20 meters in 45.10 seconds, and finally flipped a 350 kg tire three times within 90 seconds. This was equivalent to first hugging two big fat pigs and running fast for 20 meters, then pulling away the harvest of wheat from 24 acres of land (assuming 1000 pounds per acre), and finally exerting his strength to flip over a strong bull three times.
The champion was once a Shaolin disciple. Actually, Long Wu could be considered half a Henan native as many years ago he practiced martial arts and Sanshou at the Dengfeng Shaolin Tagou Martial Arts School. After winning the championship, Long Wu sincerely said: "When I see Principal Liu, please tell him that Long Wu has made him proud this time. My Sanshou achievements were not good back then, which let down his kindness."
After leaving the Tagou Martial Arts School, Long Wu served as a Sanshou coach for the Yunnan Armed Police Corps for a period and was later the office director of a real estate company in Beijing.
Long Wu was once a famous bodybuilding star domestically, and the impressive muscles on his body were truly admirable but hard-won. It is understood that to maintain his physique, Long Wu exercises for four hours every day. Of course, such high-intensity training requires dietary support. According to his introduction: "I eat 10 catties of beef every day, with 5 catties cooked and 5 catties raw, and also eat 20 eggs." The daily intake of 10 catties of beef and 20 eggs not only ensures he maintains high-intensity training energy but also enhances his astonishing wrist strength. Since 2007, Long Wu has consecutively won the national arm wrestling championship in the over-100 kg category for four years.
A Mongolian strongman eats 20 sheep a year. Unique ethnic costumes and interesting felt hats make a group of Mongolian strongmen stand out on the field. Coach Erdenebayar said: "We came all the way from Inner Mongolia to participate not for money. Mongolian men naturally like to associate with heroes, and when we heard that world-class strongmen were here, we self-funded our participation. Just the transportation fees cost more than 10,000 yuan."
All nine strongmen are pure herders who basically have not undergone professional training, though some are renowned local Bok" experts. Erdenebayar, with over 40 years of coaching experience, analyzed: "Mongolians' daily herding and catching cattle are all physical labor, and their strength is mainly cultivated through life experiences. However, it cannot be denied that it is related to Mongolians' eating habits: one person there basically consumes more than 20 sheep and 1~2 cows a year."
Among this group of Mongolian strongmen, the heaviest is Idel, weighing 165 kilograms at just 20 years old. Ultimately, Idel placed sixth, which was the best achievement for the Inner Mongolia team. However, these straightforward and simple-hearted men did not place much importance on rankings. Under Erdenebayar's guidance, they added color to the opening ceremony with a "Bok Show."
Source: Henan Business Daily
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