Australia wins fifth Timbersports world title -

The Chopperoos stumped their competition and axed the world record, taking home their fifth Timbersports World Championship. And Aussie Laurence O'Toole took out the top individual spot with a score of 69 points, wood you be-leaf it?

Find out more about how talented the Aussie team is at chopping and sawing and splitting big bits of timber.

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World record - The Aussie team smashed Canada's previous relay world record with 45.10 seconds, by 1.35 seconds, to complete a relay of four chopping and sawing tasks.

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Chopperoos - The Chopperoos team consisted of Brad Delosa (NSW), Jimmy Head (QLD), Brayden Meyer and Glen Gillam (both VIC).

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Liverpool - The STIHL Timbersports World Championships was held at Echo Arena in Liverpool, England this year.

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Fifth world title - With their most recent win, they became the most successful national woodchopping team of all time.

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Norway - Håkons Hall in Lillehammer, Norway saw the 2017 STIHL Timbersports World Championship go to the Kiwi team.

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Rivals - This year, Australia won the world title back from all-time rivals, New Zealand.

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Delosa - During the relay, the single buck was carried out by four-time world title winner and captain Brad Delosa.

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Meyer - The second task in the relay was the underhand chop fulfilled by Brayden Meyer.

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Head - Jamie Head was on the stock saw next.

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Gillam - And on the standing block chop was Glen Gillam with his never-before-seen giant 13.5 inch axe. It was the star of the show demolishing every piece of wood in its way.

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Laurence O'Toole - Also winning gold at the 2018 STIHL Timbersports World Championships in Liverpool, England was Victorian man, Laurence O'Toole.

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Spectacular performance - His performance on the springboard chop was arguably what won him the gold, and was a spectacular sight for saw eyes.

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Competing against 11 competitors from 11 different countries, O'Toole absolutely aced all six saw, axe and chainsaw individual disciplines. O'Toole completed all of the axe disciplines in just Dunlop Volleys.

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Gold - With a score of 69 points, O'Toole won the gold medal beating out nine-time world champion Jason Wynyard from Aussie rival New Zealand.

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Podium - Matthew Cogar from USA came in second with 61 points, and Martin Komarek from the Czech Republic came third with 57 points.

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O'Toole family - Following in his grandfather's and father's footsteps, O'Toole secured a third generation of woodchop world champions in his family.

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Disciplines - The STIHL Timbersports Series is a multi-discipline competition including six specific  six saw, axe and chainsaw disciplines.

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Springboard chop - An old lumberjack technique turned discipline - chop pockets and use a springboard to climb up a 2.7m log, and then cut through a 27cm log from both sides.

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Standing block chop - As a simulation of the felling of a tree, a 30m diameter log is chopped from both side in the standing block chop.

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Single buck - A 2m long one-man saw is used to cut a complete disc from a 46cm diameter log.

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Hot saw and stock saw - Although two separate disciplines, both hot saw and stock saw entail cutting discs, or 'cookies', with a saw within a restricted area of a 40-46cm diameter log.

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Underhand Chop - Once used to chop a felled tree down to size, to complete the underhand chop the participant must stand on top of a horizontal log  and chop from both sides, with the axe landing only centimetres from the participants feet.

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