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Revision as of 01:58, 23 September 2023

2022 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates24-29 May 2022
LocationSacramento, California
Country United States
Athletes participating30
Nations participating15
Champion(s)
United Kingdom Tom Stoltman

The 2022 World's Strongest Man was the 45th edition of the World's Strongest Man competition, an event that took place in Sacramento, California from May 24 to May 29, 2022. The contest was won by Tom Stoltman with this being his second consecutive title.[1] Joining him on the podium were the 2019 and 2020 World's Strongest Man winners, Martins Licis and Oleksii Novikov respectively, who tied on points. In the event of a draw, the higher placing athlete in the last event, in this case Licis in the Atlas Stones, wins the tie-breaker.

Participants

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Manuel Angulo, Nedžmin Ambešković and Kim Ujarak are the first representatives of Chile, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Greenland in WSM history, respectively. Angulo is also the first South American athlete to compete at WSM.

Before the contest began, two time runner-up Mateusz Kieliszkowski, Peiman Maheripourehir, Rauno Heinla and Pa O’Dwyer were initially contestants before withdrawing.

Graham Hicks, Cheick “Iron Biby” Sanou, four time champion Žydrūnas Savickas, and regular finalist J.F. Caron declined to compete. Hicks declined his invitation as he was not permitted to travel to the United States from the United Kingdom as he was not vaccinated against COVID-19. Caron was unable to compete as he recovered from injuries he sustained at the 2022 Arnold Strongman Classic. [3]

Heat results

Format

The 30 athletes were divided into 5 groups of 6 athletes, with 2 athletes from each group progressing to the final of 10. The winner of each group progressed to the final, and 2nd and 3rd in each group would then advance to a 'Stone Off', from which the winner would also progress.

Heat 1

  • Events: Loading Race, Deadlift ladder, Car walk, Log lift, Wrecking ball hold.
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 25
2 Kevin Faires  United States 24
3 Gabriel Rhéaume  Canada 20
4 Aivars Šmaukstelis  Latvia 15
5 Andy Black  United Kingdom 12
6 Manuel Angulo  Chile 6

Stone Off

Name Nationality Stones
Gabriel Rhéaume  Canada 7
Kevin Faires  United States 6

Originally, Ireland's Pa O'Dwyer was supposed to be in this group, but was forced to withdraw due to injury, and was replaced by Scotland's Andy Black. Defending World's Strongest Man Tom Stoltman would dominate this group, winning each of the first 4 events, before simply picking up the wrecking ball to get 1 point, and secure the group win. Canada's Strongest Man and WSM Rookie Gabriel Rhéaume would cause an upset, knocking out former finalist Faires in the stone off, despite Faires being four points clear.

Heat 2

  • Events: Loading Race, Deadlift ladder, Car walk, Log lift, Wrecking ball hold.
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 23.5
2 Bobby Thompson  United States 22
3 Brian Shaw  United States 17.5
4 Mark Felix  United Kingdom 15
5 Konstantine Janashia  Georgia 13
6 Gabriel Peña  Mexico 13

Stone Off

Name Nationality Stones
Brian Shaw  United States 1
Bobby Thompson  United States 0

Considered the group of death when announced, this group featured 4-time World's Strongest Man and 2021 runner up Brian Shaw, 2 more finalists from 2021, Bobby Thompson and Konstantine Janashia, Mark Felix in his record 17th WSM contest, Gabriel Pena, and rookie Mitchell Hooper. Hooper stunned everyone, winning the first 3 events, before placing joint second on the log lift, meaning he needed just 1 point from the wrecking ball hold to secure the group win. In the stone off, Bobby Thompson had some problems with his tacky, and failed to lift the stone once, handing the win, and second qualifying spot to Shaw. It was the first time since 2009 that Shaw failed to win his group at WSM.

Heat 3

  • Events: Loading Race, Deadlift ladder, Car walk, Log lift, Wrecking ball hold.
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Oleksii Novikov  Ukraine 24.5
2 Trey Mitchell  United States 21.5
3 Adam Bishop  United Kingdom 18
4 Rob Kearney  United States 15
5 Mika Törrö  Finland 13
5 Grzegorz Szymanski  Poland 13

Stone Off

Name Nationality Stones
Trey Mitchell  United States 10
Adam Bishop  United Kingdom 10

This group featured 2020 Champion Oleksii Novikov, 2021 4th place finisher Trey Mitchell, 3 time finalist Adam Bishop, Rob Kearney , rookie Mika Törrö, and Poland's Grzegorz Szymanski, returning to the competition for the first time since 2016, where he made the final. In what was the best performing group across all events, Novikov came out on top, returning to the final after missing the 2021 final, and Trey Mitchell won on the stone off, despite Bishop doing more reps than any other group.

Heat 4

  • Events: Loading Race, Deadlift ladder, Car walk, Log lift, Wrecking ball hold.
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Martins Licis  United States 25.5
2 Maxime Boudreault  Canada 23
3 Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 21.5
4 Gavin Bilton  United Kingdom 17
5 Nedžmin Ambešković  Bosnia and Herzegovina 9
6 Shane Flowers  United Kingdom 6

Stone Off

Name Nationality Stones
Maxime Boudreault  Canada 10
Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 10

This group featured 2019 champion Martins Licis, 2021 podium finisher Maxime Boudreault, 2 time UK's Strongest Man Gavin Bilton , and 3 rookies. Unfortunately, Shane Flowers was forced to withdraw after 2 events due to injury. Licis would come out on top, with Boudreault coming through on the stones for the second year running.

Heat 5

  • Events: Loading Race, Deadlift ladder, Car walk, Log lift, Wrecking ball hold.
# Name Nationality Pts
1 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 23
2 Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð  Iceland 20
3 Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf  France 18
4 Kelvin De Ruiter  Netherlands 16.5
5 Evan Singleton  United States 14.5
6 Kim Ujarak  Greenland 11

Stone Off

Name Nationality Stones
Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð  Iceland 5
Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf  France 5

The only group without a former champion, it featured Evan Singleton and Luke Stoltman, both of whom had won 2 Giants Live events in 2021, as well as 2021 finalist Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð, and 3 rookies. Unfortunately for Singleton, he went into anaphylactic shock during the loading race, and was forced to miss the deadlift.[4] This put him in an almost irrecoverable position going into day 2 of the heats, and despite winning the car walk, was unable to even make the stone off. Stoltman would win the group with an event to spare, and Melsted would get through on the stones to make a second straight final.

Finals events results

Event 1: KNAACK Giant's Medley

  • Weight: 2 x 125 kilograms (276 lb) boxes, 455 kilograms (1,003 lb) yoke carry
  • Course Length: 10 metres (33 ft) each
# Name Nationality Time (sec) Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 21.96 10 10
2 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 24.75 9 9
3 Oleksii Novikov  Ukraine 24.84 8 8
4 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 28.72 7 7
5 Martins Licis  United States 30.60 6 6
6 Brian Shaw  United States 30.78 5 5
7 Trey Mitchell  United States 32.54 4 4
8 Gabriel Rhéaume  Canada 33.87 3 3
9 Maxime Boudreault  Canada 34.11 2 2
10 Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð  Iceland 37.61 1 1

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Event 2: Car Deadlift

  • Weight: 360 kilograms (790 lb) for repetitions
  • Time Limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Repetitions Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Oleksii Novikov  Ukraine 15 10 18
2 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 13 8.5 17.5
2 Trey Mitchell  United States 13 8.5 12.5
4 Martins Licis  United States 12 6 12
4 Brian Shaw  United States 12 6 11
4 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 12 6 16
7 Maxime Boudreault  Canada 10 4 6
8 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 9 3 10
9 Gabriel Rhéaume  Canada 8 1.5 4.5
9 Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð  Iceland 8 1.5 2.5

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Event 3: Max Flintstone Lift

  • Opening Weight: 175 kilograms (386 lb)
# Name Nationality Weight Lifted Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Oleksii Novikov[a]  Ukraine 246 kilograms (542 lb) 10 28
2 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 240 kilograms (530 lb) 9 26.5
3 Martins Licis  United States 235 kilograms (518 lb) 8 20
4 Brian Shaw  United States 212 kilograms (467 lb) 5.5 16.5
4 Trey Mitchell  United States 212 kilograms (467 lb) 5.5 18
4 Maxime Boudreault  Canada 212 kilograms (467 lb) 5.5 11.5
4 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 212 kilograms (467 lb) 5.5 15.5
8 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 200 kilograms (440 lb) 3 19
9 Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð  Iceland 190 kilograms (420 lb) 1.5 4
9 Gabriel Rhéaume  Canada 190 kilograms (420 lb) 1.5 6
  1. ^ With a lift of 246 kilograms (542 lb) Oleksii Novikov set a new world record in the flinstone lift.[7]

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Event 4: Bus Pull

  • Weight: 18,500 kilograms (40,800 lb)
  • Course Length: 30 metres (98 ft)
  • Time Limit: 1 Minute 15 seconds
# Name Nationality Time Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Oleksii Novikov  Ukraine 0m 41.51 10 38
2 Martins Licis  United States 0m 42.18 9 29
3 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 0m 44.50 8 34.5
4 Brian Shaw  United States 0m 44.69 7 23.5
5 Trey Mitchell  United States 0m 45.72 6 24
6 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 0m 47.00 5 20.5
7 Maxime Boudreault  Canada 0m 47.20 4 15.5
8 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 0m 49.24 3 22
9 Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð  Iceland 0m 51.32 2 6
10 Gabriel Rhéaume  Canada 0m 53.22 1 7

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Event 5: REIGN Power Stairs

  • Weight: 3 x 226 kilograms (498 lb)
  • Course Length: 3 steps each
  • Time Limit: 1 Minute 15 seconds
# Name Nationality Time Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Maxime Boudreault  Canada 9 in 0m 39.07 10 25.5
2 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 9 in 0m 41.04 9 43.5
3 Martins Licis  United States 9 in 0m 44.56 8 37
4 Brian Shaw  United States 8 in 1m 09.03 7 30.5
5 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 7 in 0m 32.36 6 28
6 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 7 in 0m 59.47 5 25.5
7 Oleksii Novikov  Ukraine 6 in 0m 34.20 4 42
8 Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð  Iceland 6 in 0m 35.78 3 9
9 Trey Mitchell  United States 6 in 1m 10.22 2 26
10 Gabriel Rhéaume  Canada 5 in 0m 35.78 1 8

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Event 6: Atlas Stones

  • Weight: 5 stones ranging from 140–200 kilograms (310–440 lb)
  • Time Limit: 60 seconds
# Name Nationality Time Event Pts Overall Pts
1 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 5 in 0m 25.76 10 53.5
2 Maxime Boudreault  Canada 5 in 0m 28.04 9 34.5
3 Trey Mitchell  United States 5 in 0m 33.06 8 34
4 Brian Shaw  United States 5 in 0m 39.29 7 37.5
5 Martins Licis  United States 5 in 0m 45.74 6 43
6 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 4 in 0m 25.78 5 30.5
7 Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð  Iceland 4 in 0m 28.87 4 13
8 Gabriel Rhéaume  Canada 4 in 0m 33.55 3 11
9 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 4 in 0m 33.78 2 30
10 Oleksii Novikov  Ukraine 4 in 0m 36.70 1 43

Final standings

# Name Nationality Pts
1 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 53.5
2 Martins Licis  United States 43
3 Oleksii Novikov  Ukraine 43
4 Brian Shaw  United States 37.5
5 Maxime Boudreault  Canada 34.5
6 Trey Mitchell  United States 34
7 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 30.5
8 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 30
9 Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð  Iceland 13
10 Gabriel Rhéaume  Canada 11

Controversy

A day prior to the competition, former director for World's Ultimate Strongman, Mark Boyd, leaked a secretly recorded portion of a conversation with Luke Stoltman, brother of the eventual champion of the competition Tom Stoltman, in which he stated "... and here's the sneaky bit, so Colin's (Colin Bryce, director of Giants Live who assists in the running of the World's Strongest Man) gonna, not promised, but he says we will get more favorable groups, events, etc. in Worlds if we kinda play ball and then he can help push the Stoltman brand; if that makes sense in the Giant's Live, so basically what he did for Eddie (Eddie Hall)..." The audio was released shortly after the groups for the competition were announced, with some fans speculating on the level of difficulty of the Stoltmans' groups compared to others. Boyd has since deleted this video from his Instagram account. Prior to deletion however, he claims to have given several months for athletes to expose the corruption on their own, indicating that he also had contacted IGM directors to no avail.

Stoltman released his own response video on YouTube later that day, in which he states that the clip was taken out of context, with the conversation being 90 minutes long, and explains that he simply told Boyd what he wanted to hear because he did not want to take part in Boyd's upcoming competition.[11] Many took issue with Boyd's leaking of the conversation so closely to the World's Strongest Man competition date, leading to Boyd and Core Sports parting ways a few days later, with the company releasing a message stating they were not in support of Boyd's actions.[12]

At the current moment, IGM, the World's Strongest Man, and Colin Bryce have not yet responded to the controversy.

References

  1. ^ Blechman, Phil. "Tom Stoltman Wins 2022 World's Strongest Man". BarBend. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  2. ^ Blechman, Phil. "2022 World's Strongest Man Roster Released". BarBend. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  3. ^ Blechman, Phil (March 30, 2022). "Notable Strongmen Who Declined Their 2022 World's Strongest Man Invitations". BarBend. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  4. ^ Smith, Andrew. "Evan Singleton Returns to Competition at 2022 World's Strongest Man After Withdrawing". FitnessVolt. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  5. ^ Blechman, Phil. "KNAACK Giant's Medley Results — Hooper Hits Again". BarBend. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  6. ^ Blechman, Phil. "Deadlift Results — Novikov Nose Bleeds To 15 Reps". BarBend. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  7. ^ Smith, Andrew (May 29, 2022). "Oleksii Novikov Scores a 246-kg (542.3-lb) Flintstone Barbell World Record At The 2022 World's Strongest Man". Fitness Volt. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  8. ^ Blechman, Phil. "Flintstone Barbell Results — World Records Galore". BarBend. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  9. ^ Blechman, Phil. "Bus Pull Results — No Stopping Novikov". BarBend. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  10. ^ Blechman, Phil. "Reign Total Body Fuel Power Stairs Results — Boudreault Steps Up". BarBend. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  11. ^ Stoltman, Luke. "The Truth". YouTube. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  12. ^ "CoreSports". Instagram. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
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