Stone lifting
The stone lifting is mainly in the Alpine region beheimateter traditional powers comparison, whose origins far back in time. The goal here is to lift (lob) a stone that weighs 508 pounds (254 kg) higher than the competition. The stone lifters have been organized in a regional association since the 1960s, which organizes the competitions with fixed rules and weight classes.
history
Scientifically sound knowledge about the origin of this sport is not known, but the evidence about lifting stones for training and for competition purposes goes back to the beginning of the Christian era. Not far from Olympia , a sandstone block weighing 143 kilograms was found, which says in its inscription that "BYBON" threw this stone block over his head with one hand.
In the context of physical fitness and as a proof of strength, stone lifting retained its importance over the Middle Ages and was anchored in folk life and customs from then on. In 1859, swinging, wrestling, stone pushing and stone lifting were then combined as " national gymnastics " in independent competitions in the German-speaking countries. As part of the second Summer Olympics in Paris in 1900, stone lifting was also carried out as a competitive sport as part of the “all-around competition”.
In Japan there is the tradition of the Chikaraishi , the rice sack carrier , who have held competitions similar to stone lifting since the 17th century. The records were kept in lists that were approved by the clergy and hung in temples. The wages of the rice sack carriers were based on their top marks.
The Steyrer Hans
Around the same time, Hans Steyrer , a butcher and innkeeper, made a name for himself with his strengths in Munich . - He is still the founder of modern stone lifting today. He was able to lift a 508-pound stone with the force of his right middle finger for a few seconds. This spurred the boys from Munich and the surrounding area to do the same in his festival tent on stage every evening in competitions.
At the end of the 1960s, several competitors came together to form a mug punch and stone lifter association. Since the temporal jug lifting could not keep up with the stone lifting in terms of attractiveness in the festival tents, the State Association of Stone Lifters was renamed from it
National association of stone lifters
It is thanks to the regional association that fixed rules and structures were gradually introduced with regard to competition conditions, weight classes and stone loads. The last major innovation was the introduction of women's classes in competitions in 2007, previously the installation of a stop to limit the height of the stone during competitions.
Ratings
In official competitions, there are four weight classes for men (-85 kg, -100 kg, -110 kg, +110 kg) and two weight classes for women (-70 kg, +70 kg). The stone weight has been set at the traditional 508 pounds (254 kg) for men and 125 kg for women. The stop height for men is 1 m, for women 80 cm. - If the applied load is "lifted" to the stop height by more than two athletes, the stone weight is increased by a further 25 kilograms.
Trained athletes can lift the stone to well over 300 kilograms to one meter; the women's record is 200 kilograms.
literature
- Thorsten Moser: Hans Steyrer: Bayerischer Herkules, Norderstedt 2011, ISBN 978-3-8423-5946-8 (BoD)
- Hilmar Bürger, Klaus Weidt: Trials of strength: Strong men then and now , Sportverlag Berlin 1985
Individual evidence
- ^ Walter Schaufelberger: The competition in the old Confederation - on the cultural history of sport from the 13th to the 18th century. Bern: Haupt 1972, ISBN 3-258-02063-9
- ↑ Arnd Krüger , Akira Ito: On the limitations of Eichberg's and Mandell's theory of sport and their quantification in view of chikaraishi , in: Stadion 3 (1977), 2, pp. 244-252.