2019 Worlds Strongest Man
- DAVE PALUMBO COVERS THE 2019 WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN COMPETITION!Dave Palumbo spent a great deal of his Father's Day spending it in beautiful Bradenton, Florid.
- Strongman Hafthor Bjornsson Many fans around the world have been eagerly awaiting the announcement of the 2019 World’s Strongest Man competition, and the wait is finally over. The 2019 WSM contest location and dates have been set so far but that’s about all the information we have at the moment.
The 2019 World’s Strongest Man Arena Tour came to a dramatic close on 7 September at Manchester Arena.
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The star studded athlete line-up featured a host of international strongmen, including reigning champion Mateusz Kieliszkowski, the Scottish Stoltman Brothers, England-hating American Robert Oberst, Iron Biby and the “T-Rex” Evan Singleton.
The five brutal events featured a 350kg axle deadlift, a giant Mad Max-style 100kg dumbbell made from steel and stone, the 450kg Car Walk and the legendary Pillars of Hercules.
After coming third at Manchester last year, Adam Bishop was hoping to better his place at this year’s show – and he got off to the perfect start in Event 1, hitting 7 reps on the 350kg deadlift and barely pausing for breath, showing that conditioning really is a strong point for the Harlequins Strength and Conditioning coach!
But Bishop wasn’t the only one with a strong start!
Iron Biby, the huge athlete from Burkino Faso has been working on his conditioning and technique – and it showed when he just pipped T-Rex Evan Singleton to the post on the Car Walk.
Keiliskowski smashes car walk world record!
We witnessed an incredible new World Record from Poland’s Mateusz Kieliskowski when he smashed Laurence Shahlaie’s previous record of 11:05 seconds with an incredible 10.0 second sprint.
By the time we got to Event 4, the Pillars of Hercules, it was clear that newcomer Ben Badger Brunning was not to be under-estimated. After coming in 10th place at Britain’s earlier in the year, it is fair to say that Ben was not on anyone’s radar to make the podium at Manchester, particularly as he was a last minute addition to the line-up. But Wales' Strongest Man made sure the world took notice - getting extremely close to Felix's Hercules Hold World Record with a 75.4 second hold.
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Of course, all eyes were on Terry Hollands to see if how he would perform in his return to strongman just 5 weeks out from competing in his first ever Body Building show, but Big Tel was suffering with a small Ninja Warrior-related injury - and although he came in 13th place overall, it was fantastic to see him back on the strongman stage and doing what he loves.
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Felix does it AGAIN! Another epic WORLD RECORD from the 53 year old strongman!
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Competing against guys half his age, 53 year old Mark Felix made another win for old man strength and broke his own 83.62 second world record with a 87.52 hold, to HUGE applause and well-deserved praise from the crowd.
Mind over matter - Shivlyakov continues competition despite hamstring tear
It wasn’t just the World Records that amazed and inspired at Manchester Arena. Despite tearing his hamstring in the axle deadlift, ex-Russian Marine Mikhail Shivlyakov showed some true strongman grit when he battled on through three more events, proving that these athletes really are in another league, not just when it comes to physical strength but mental strength, too.
Coming into the stones, Iron Biby and Novikov were in joint first place with Kieliskowski in second and Singleton and Brunning in joint third, but it was all down to the final event to determine the winner.
Stones has never been Biby’s strong point and he failed to lift the final 200kg stone, leaving the field open and an edge-of-seat finale to the show.
Massive congratulations must go to Kieliskowski who once again proved he is a force of strength winning his second Giants Live trophy this year and retaining his title of Tour Finals champ, with huge props to newbie Ben Brunning, who shocked the strongman world to take second place ahead of some of the World’s biggest and best athletes and proving he deserves his place among the best of the best. Ukraine Oleskii Novikov, who many had tipped for the title, took the third spot on the podium.
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The Mountain has been toppled by The Dragon.
American Martins Licis is the new strongest man on the planet after taking out the 2019 World Strongest Man event in Florida.
The 29-year-old had never previously finished in the top three of the iconic annual event — but, on just his fourth try, he did enough to topple The Mountain from “Game of Thrones” Hafthor Julius Bjornsson.
Licis did it despite weighing in 50kg lighter than the 200kg beast showcased on the hit TV show.
Your 2019 @TachiPalace World’s Strongest Man! 💪🇺🇸💪Congratulations Martins Licis. #WSMpic.twitter.com/YSfbCOHkKp
— World's Strongest (@WorldsStrongest) June 16, 2019Unlike The Mountain, Licis’ physical attributes are far less freakish — but as we know, looks can be deceiving
Licis, a 150kg, 1.88m weapon, stormed to the crown on Monday (AEST) at Manatee Beach, on Anna Maria Island.
His lifts during the fifth event of the final, the atlas stones lift, were enough to see him etched into history.
Licis is known as The Dragon because of the fire he says he has inside.
He’s been chasing this dream his whole life and admits to dreaming about winning the title one day ever since he was a child growing up in Latvia where he used to lift stones, practising for a day like today.
That child is now the official strongest man on Earth.
Bjornsson finished third, despite having a nightmare four-day event where he suffered a serious foot injury in the first day of competition.
The 6-foot-9, 200kg (441-pound) actor who played the Mountain, won the title last year in the Philippines, and declared before this year’s event he may have had the upper hand, now that he can devote more time to competition since “GoT” wrapped.
The signs were very promising for the mythically-sized beast early, when he qualified for Monday’s final in the first two days of the event.
Bjornsson was able to relax a bit on Sunday for the third day of the Strong Man showdown after already doing enough to make it through to the final 10.
Bjornsson tore his plantar fascia in his foot on day one — but returned on day two to stun the competition with his dead lift and overhead press — moving him straight into the final.
He deadlifted a 375kg car seven times to win Group 1, while he came second in Group 1 in the overhead press of a 155kg log.
The Mountain told The New York Post at the start of the competition he was more ready than ever to go back-to-back as the strongest man on the planet because he was no longer weighed down by his Game of Thrones commitments.
“You have to be willing to work 365 days a year and be absolutely obsessed with what you want to achieve and if you’re willing to go that far then you’re able to be the World’s Strongest Man,” Bjornsson, 30, said.
Hafthor Julius Bjornsson is a sight to behold.Source:AFP