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- At the end of the contest, each man had four points; Louis Cyr retained his title as the world’s strongest man. But, there was one last twist. Cyr went to the front of the stage and lifted his arm in triumph. Then, he turned to his opponent and lifted his hand in the air saying, “I have decided to retire forever.
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Jul 31, 2023 · Cyr’s claim as the world’s strongest man stems from his 1895 backlift in Boston. Placing sixteen men on a platform lying across his back, Cyr completed a backlift totalling over 4,000...
Oct 17, 2019 · In front of a crowd of 4,000 in Montreal the two men did four lifts each. At the end of the contest, each man had four points; Louis Cyr retained his title as the world’s strongest man. But, there was one last twist. Cyr went to the front of the stage and lifted his arm in triumph.
Although Cyr was not defeated by Decarie, following the revelry, he asked for silence throughout the audience and announced, "I've decided to retire forever. I pass on my crown as the 'World's Strongest Man' to Hector Decarie." Louis Cyr died at his daughter's home of kidney failure on November 10, 1912.
(The most touching moment is the finale, when Cyr faces the forced end of his career with quiet dignity.) There are also odd gaps in the narrative. Perhaps it’s too much to expect that an entire life story can be told in 25 pages of comic-book form without some of the threads being lost.
Cyr lifted a 218-pound (99 kg) barbell with one hand (to Michaud's 158 pounds or 72 kg) and a weight of 2,371 pounds (1,075 kg) on his back, to his opponent's 2,071 pounds (939 kg) to win the title of strongest man in the country.
Oct 1, 2007 · On his final night as a star performer, the ageing Cyr tells his daughter Émiliana about his youth, the family members who inspired him, and how he eventually founded his own circus.
Nov 21, 2013 · In 1886 he earned the title of the “Strongest Man in Canada” after being pitted against Michaud of Quebec, then Canada’s strongest man. In front of a crowd of over 4,000 people, Cyr defeated Michaud by lifting a granite stone weighing 517 pounds to his shoulders.
