Recording sports, this is a sport in which France has achieved great success

Recording sports, this is a sport in which France has achieved great success

On Sunday, June 10, the top 16 sporting lumberjacks will meet in Rotterdam (Netherlands) to compete for the world title.

Head to Rotterdam in search of loggers. In the port of Rotterdam at Onderzeebootloods – the historic underwater shipyard – the world’s 16 best sporting lumberjacks will compete on Sunday, June 10 for the highly anticipated STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® World Cup. The French, who qualified for the European Cup 2022 in Scherhein, will be the ones who will represent the tricolor: Pierre Poirat and Guillaume Moore. Twice as likely as France to return to the medals.

The World Cup, a competition based on four knockout relay events, makes a major return to the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® competition calendar in Vienna (Austria) in 2022. Headlining the 2023 season: New Zealander Jack Jordan who beats former individual world champion Jason Lentz in a thrilling final Watched live by thousands of fans in 2022; And young Swede Emil Hansson, who made a sensational entry into the pros by taking first place on the podium at the 2022 European Cup.

Blues in the race for the podium

With Pierre Poirat and Guillaume Moore in its ranks, France has a good chance of being on the podium. Pierre Poirat – seven-time French Champion and single-pac European record holder – could make all the difference in the event to break his own Cup record of 1’14”48 and climb to the podium. Guillaume Maure – triple vice-champion of France who is on a meteoric rise – could create a surprise and climb to the top of the standings, in particular thanks to his favorite event, Underhand Chop (or ax with `horizontal’).

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As a precursor to this competition, it is the sport logging champions who will burn the boards. Even if no French women qualify for this competition, the competition will be exciting, as athletes come from all over the world, notably Canadian Alison Briscoe, American Irene Lavoe or German Alron Oebing, the best European on this day.

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