Group 2: Tom Stoltman (United Kingdom) def. Mark Felix (United Kingdom)
Group 3: Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted (Iceland) def. Robert Oberst (United States)
Group 4: Adam Bishop (United Kingdom) def. Jerry Pritchett (United States)
Group 5: Luke Stoltman (United Kingdom) def. Bobby Thompson (United States)
Overhead Medley
Fourteen competitors were able to successfully complete the overhead medley, which consisted of strongmen performing an overhead press on four successive weights of increasing heaviness. There were two heavy dumbbells (210 pounds and 220 pounds), a circus barbell (342 pounds) and an axle barbell (360 pounds).
Tom Stoltman completed the task in 38.02 seconds:
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In his post, Björnsson wrote: “Little update for you guys. So Saturday I started to feel ill and decided to get tested again even though I just got tested on the 19th (Tuesday) and that test came back negative. The test I did on Saturday the 23rd came back positive and I’ve been lying in bed since.”
Björnsson goes on to state that
he will isolate for two weeks and alludes to the virus being difficult to deal with, stating, “This is no joke. Stay safe, people! I don’t wish this on anyone. Hopefully, the world will be in a better place soon.”
The Estonian has entered the race to claim the all-time world record deadlift.
Last updated on December 30th, 2020
Strongman Rauno Heinla of Estonia is an absolute monster in the discipline of the deadlift. During his second appearance on the World’s Ultimate Strongman (WUS) “Feats of Strength” series, he set a deadlift for max reps world record when he pulled 400 kilograms (882 pounds) for six reps in a showdown with fellow strongman Konstantine Janashia.
Since then, there seems to be a race to be the first to best 2018 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) champion Hafthor Bjornsson’s 501-kilogram (1,104-pound) deadlift the heaviest of all-time. On the shortlist of strongmen who could feasibly best “The Mountain’s” record is Heinla. On Christmas Eve, 2020, Heinla pulled his personal best ever deadlift of 470 kilograms (1,036 pounds). Check out the video of the lift below courtesy of his Instagram page: