Posted: Oct 30, 2024 / 10:43 PM CDT Updated: Oct 30, 2024 / 10:43 PM CDT VIBORG, S.D. (KELO) — Beth and Trapper Saltzman went to the arm wrestling world championships in Greece earlier this month.

VIBORG, S.D. (KELO) — Beth Saltzman from Viborg won a world championship in arm wrestling last year. She’s heading back this year with her husband competing too. The Saltzmans qualified… ...

Saturday’s championships are another chapter in the long history Motz has with the sport. It began when he read an article for an arm wrestling contest in 1968 — it was for an event in New York.

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Get the Full Story News, events, culture and more — delivered to you. Boone, 47, of Brooklyn, is a legendary figure in the arm wrestling world.

Since arm-wrestling isn’t in the Olympics, the world championships are the pinnacle of the sport. “It was emotional. That was my sole goal in life,” she said. “I wanted those medals so bad.” ...

The city of Petaluma in Sonoma County, Calif., hosted arm wrestling championships — though in those days the sport was called wrist wrestling — from 1952 until 2003.

Arm wrestling competitions have several different formats — one-on-one, individual, bracket-style and teams — Travis Bagent, world-famous arm wrestler and tournament organizer, said.

In addition to being the tournament director of Wisconsin Arm Wrestling, he competes in 10 to 15 tournaments a year. He does all of his training on the table, while Steve Southworth splits his up.

In March 1991, competitors duked it out across a table top at the Virginia Classic Arm Wrestling Championship at Joe’s Place in Petersburg. The tournament attracted competitors from all over ...