Snowsill flashes the guns that got her gold in Beijing, but only a third amongst the pro women in arm wrestling
The Quarq powermeter World Bicycle Relief Challenge was perhaps the second most anticipated competition at the Ironman World Championships this year. Top triathletes put their reputations and elbows on the line to raise money and awareness for World Bicycle Relief (www.worldbicyclerelief.org).
Quarq engineered a powermeter into an arm wrestling machine and had it on display at the SRAM-Zipp-Quarq lounge in Kona. While the competition was established as a fundraiser for World Bicycle Relief, even higher stakes of personal and professional pride were on the line as several of the Kona favorites stepped up to throw down.
The calculations here are Newton metres, wattage is in parentheses, and considering triathletes generally rely on their lungs and legs, the numbers for power generated from one arm was impressive across the board. Ironically, some the lowest scores fared the best in the race, including second placed Peter Jacobs and Mirinda Carfrae.
Top Men:
Jan Fredeno – 51 (480 watts)
Luke McKenzie – 47 (442)
Tyler Butterfield – 47 (442)
Chris Lieto – 43 (405)
Peter Jacobs - 35 (329)
Top Women:
Nikki Butterfield – 39 (367 watts)
Carla Lawson – 30 (282)
Emma Snowsill – 27 (254)
Mirinda Carfrae – 21 (197)
Virginia Berasategui - 20 (188)
It's all about the numbers - Educating people about power and World Bicycle Relief was the whole point, 89,707 is the number of bikes WBR has donated since 2006