Police officer breaks world record in stone-lifting competition

Metropolitan Police Officer James Rude lifts a rock during a weightlifting competition in Fefor, Norway, in July 2023. (Metropolitan Police Department on Twitter)

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A Metropolitan Police Department officer won first place in a stone-lifting competition at a strength event in Norway last week.

Officer James Rude lifted a 447-pound granite atlas stone during the “Stones in Strength” competition at Fefor Power Week in Fefor, Norway. Rude set a world record, according to LVMPD’s Twitter.

WORLD RECORD!

Earlier this week, our own LVMPD Ofc. James Rude participated in #FEfor Power Week in Norway.

He placed 1st in the Stones of Strength competition and set a world record!

He lifted a granite atlas stone weighing 447 pounds!

WOW! pic.twitter.com/hZdoamim27

— LVMPD (@LVMPD) July 13, 2023

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