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 July 2016, Britain’s Eddie Hall deadlifted 500 kg (1102lbs) at the strongman World Deadlift Championships. The equivalent of a half metric ton, this incredible feat of strength added 35 kg/77 lbs to the previous world record. Once deemed impossible, this lift shook the earth in the strength community. And yet, this astronomical lift went unnoticed in the wider world.
So, what is the deadlift? Put simply, to deadlift is to pick up a loaded barbell off the ground, and stand at full lockout with the shoulders, back, hips and knees locked out straight. It is the truest test of strength known to strength sports. Contrary to what I’ll refer to as “gym bro rhetoric,” the bench press is indeed not the metric by which we ought to judge the strength of a lifter. Unlike benching or even squatting, the deadlift engages every muscle in the body. Furthermore, an extra element of strength is contributed by the inoptimal location of the weight in front of the body. This ens
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The nine-time Canada s Strongest Man champion had a record-setting performance at the Shaw Classic.
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Nine-time Canada’s Strongest Man JF Caron‘s career trajectory has only gone upward. His competitive career includes 10 appearances at the World’s Strongest Man (WSM) contest, where he has only ever matched or improved his competition best at that event. At the 2020 WSM contest, he had made the podium for the first time with a third-place finish behind Tom Stoltman and the eventual winner Oleksii Novikov.
Caron furthered his current hot streak at the inaugural Shaw Classic in Colorado on Dec. 12, 2020. The contest’s namesake and organizer, four-time WSM champion Brian Shaw, ultimately bested Caron to win the event. However, in addition to picking up a silver-medal finish in a contest that saw 10 WSM-level strongmen compete,
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