Large, muscular men wearing kilts and performing amazing feats of strength and agility in athletic competition celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture — that’s the Highland Games. The events that comprise the Highland Games include stone put, Scottish hammer throw, weight throw, weight over bar, caber toss, keg toss and sheaf toss.
In 2025, the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame will induct its first Highland Games athlete, a world champion and a world record holder, Nick Kahanic. Nick was the 2013 World Amateur Champion amassing 2,013 points, the most in recorded history since 1822.
Kahanic also set a new world record in the Open Stone (16-pound) throw of 63′ 3.75′ eclipsing a mark that had stood for 40 years…