Neither Terry Hollands nor Laurence Shahlaei have been invited to this years Arnold Classic Strongman!
The Arnold organiser Terry Todd should hang his fucking head in shame!
Both Hollands and Shahlaei were finalists in the 2011 Worlds Strongest Man competition (3rd and 4th place finishers respectively) a show that was (as consensus agrees) the toughest WSM of all time!
The credentials of both guys are beyond reproach. First we have Hollands, a multiple time WSM finalist, podium finisher and fucking sexy BEAST!! Then we arrive at Laurence, a monster of whom not only has several WSM shows under his belt (he has never lost the squat event) but has (in 2011) also achieved several world and British records including a 430KG Strongman Deadlift, a 190KG Log lift and a 205KG Axle! In short, only a complete scumbag would exclude these two guys from the 2012 Arnolds!
None of the 2011 WSM finalists (from Derek Poundscum thru newcomers such as Thor Bjornsson) deserve to be at the Arnolds more than the two brits. Outside of Brian Shaw and Zydrunas Savickas none of the others have proven themselves more than Hollands and Laurence and quite frankly are not of the same calibre.
Here is a provisional list of this years competitors, even Benedikt Magnusson gets ANOTHER fucking invite!:
Mike Jenkins
Derek Poundstone
Brian Shaw
Zydrunas Savickas
Hafthor Bjornsson (Matuesz Baron declined invite)
Benedikt Magnusson
Mikhail Koklyaev
Winner of LA Fit Expo
Mind you, after looking at this years Arnold Strongman events, it's shaping up to be the worst show ever. Maybe the two brits are better off without it? I mean, a fucking "axle power clean for reps"
http://www.arnoldsportsfestival.com/home/sports-and-events/strongman-classic.html
