J.F. Caron dominates in Rimoski!
2025 Expo Agricole Rimouski contest occurred in Rimoski, Canada, on Aug. 3, 2025. The competition featured 12 of the host country’s strongest battle through five events: Squat Lift, Hercules Hold, Flintstone Barbell, Tire Flip, and Arm-Over-Arm Pull.
Strongman legend J.F. Caron scored the overall gold with 56 of a possible 60 points. It was an absolute blowout as runner-up Yanick Boucher was 19.5 points behind Caron.
2025 Expo Agricole Rimouski Results
- Jean-François (J.F.) Caron — 56 points
- Yanick Boucher — 36.5 points
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — 34.5 points
- Samuel Daigle — 34 points
- Mathieu Poirier — 32.5 points
- Martin Rhéaume — 31.5 points
- Tomy Chevalier — 31.5 points
- Francis Marchesseault — 29.5 points
- David Nollet — 29.5 points
- Jonathan Prévost — 29 points
- Jasmin Desjardins — 19.5 points
- Alex Bélanger — 10 points
2025 Expo Agricole Rimouski Event Results
Below are the results for each event contested in Rimouski:
Squat Lift
288-kilogram squat for reps.
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — 11 reps
- J.F. Caron — Seven reps (T-second)
- Mathieu Poirier — Seven reps (T-second)
- Martin Rhéaume — Three reps
- Francis Marchesseault — Two reps
- Yanick Boucher — One rep (T-sixth)
- Tomy Chevalier — One rep (T-sixth)
- David Nollet — One rep (T-sixth)
- Samuel Daigle — no lift
- Jonathan Prévost — no lift
- Jasmin Desjardins — no lift
- Alex Bélanger — no lift
Hercules Hold
- J.F. Caron — 52.16 seconds
- Yanick Boucher — 48.3 seconds
- Mathieu Poirier — 40.36 seconds
- Samuel Daigle — 39.79 seconds
- Alex Bélanger — 39.28 seconds
- Jonathan Prévost — 37.99 seconds
- David Nollet — 37.37 seconds
- Jasmin Desjardins — 29.76 seconds
- Martin Rhéaume — 27.35 seconds
- Tomy Chevalier — 21.41 seconds
- Francis Marchesseault — 6.05 seconds
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — 2.72 seconds
Flintstone Barbell
- Mathieu Poirier — 204 kilograms
- J.F. Caron — 193 kilograms (T-second)
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — 193 kilograms (T-second)
- Yanick Boucher — 170 kilograms (T-fourth)
- Martin Rhéaume — 170 kilograms (T-fourth)
- Tomy Chevalier — 170 kilograms (T-fourth)
- David Nollet — 170 kilograms (T-fourth)
- Francis Marchesseault — 159 kilograms (T-eighth)
- Jasmin Desjardins — 159 kilograms (T-eighth)
- Samuel Daigle — 147 kilograms (T-10th)
- Jonathan Prévost — 147 kilograms (T-10th)
- Alex Bélanger — 147 kilograms (T-10th)
Tire Flip
- J.F. Caron — Five in 33.17 seconds
- Samuel Daigle — Five in 43.45 seconds
- Jonathan Prévost — Five in 64.04 seconds
- Francis Marchesseault — Four in 64.34 seconds
- Keven Malenfant-Caron — Three in 65.26 seconds
- Tomy Chevalier — Two in 37.83 seconds
- David Nollet — Two in 68.44 seconds
- Jasmin Desjardins — One in 17.09 seconds
- Martin Rhéaume — One in 27.39 seconds
- Yanick Boucher — One in 53.9 seconds
- Mathieu Poirier — no lift
- Alex Bélanger — no lift
Arm-Over-Arm Pull
- Samuel Daigle
- J.F. Caron
- Jonathan Prévost
- Yanick Boucher
- Tomy Chevalier
- Martin Rhéaume
- Francis Marchesseault
- Jasmin Desjardins
- David Nollet
- Keven Malenfant-Caron
- Mathieu Poirier — withdrew
- Alex Bélanger — withdrew
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