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sports gatherings. Lauzon himself has an active competitive arm-wrestler for 16 years, including mem- bership in local school arm-wrestling clubs. But, he said, there has never been an actual inter-regional arm-wrestling competition focused on student athletes in the sport. “What better time then to do this than this year with sports coming back and open to the public?” he said. Arm-wrestling has been a sport for de- cades but for most of its enthusiasts, it has been confined for the most part of informal competitions. Large-scale competitions have existed but never received the same kind of public attention as organized team sports like hockey, baseball or football, or individual sports like golf, tennis, or track-and-field. Lauzon noted that the growth of social media or online platforms like YouTube have helped give arm-wrestling, both amateur and professional, a bigger public profile. He also observed that compared to some other organized sports, arm-wrestling is “more accessible” to more students because it does not require expensive equipment for competition. “Arm-wrestling is getting bigger and more popular,” he said. That new popularity includes creation of personalities in the sport, like Devon Larratt, Canadian arm-wrestling champion and a familiar face around the world to many fans of “grip” sports thanks to his YouTube program that provides coverage
Les muscles tendus par leurs efforts, les jeunes bras de fer s’efforcent de plaquer les mains de leurs adversaires sur la table lors du premier Championnat régional de bras de fer de l’Association d’athlétisme des écoles secondaires Prescott-Russell, à Hawkesbury, le 24 mars. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
help encourage more schools in the rest of the province to develop their own competitive arm-wrestling teams. “I would like to see that,” he said. “It’s my objective.” The YouTube livestream is at https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPfj6EOb9P8.
of arm-wrestling events, including those in which he competes. Larratt was the special guest ambas- sador for the March 24 event at ESCRH and expressed his own excitement during a phone interview about the PRSSAA East Regionals event and its potential to help popularize arm-wrestling as a high school
competitive sport in Ontario. “This has been a dream from the begin- ning,” said Larratt. “This was a historical event, what we did last week,” said Lauzon, adding that the suc- cess of the Eastern Regionals Championship has the potential to become a permanent part of the PRSSAA’s sports schedule and
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