Marty Dimma lost to Nova Scotia’s Will Sarty at 2013 Nationals. For the next ten years, Dimma waited patiently for the chance to face his friend and rival again
EDITOR'S NOTE: A version of this article originally appeared on SooToday on July 12. It is being republished here for readers who may have missed it.The local auto mechanic, who has competed as an arm wrestler at the provincial, national and international levels since 1990, has long remembered losing his quest for a gold medal to Nova Scotia’s Will Sarty at the 2013 Canadian Armwrestling Championship.
Ten years later, Dimma is back from the 2023 Canadian Armwrestling Championship held over the Canada Day long weekend in Sydney, Nova Scotia with two bronze medals. Returning to work in 2018, he resumed training for arm wrestling tournaments but the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020 and shut the sport down.He qualified for the 2023 Canadian Armwrestling Championship after competing in the Provincials in May.
“Both matches were full-out wars. They were well over a minute. Usually matches don’t last long but he and I were going back and forth. I was close to the pin, then I was close to getting beat. It was back and forth,” Dimma said.
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