From what I can tell, the monster truck tyre yoke was a good 200lbs lighter than they expected it to be. They seemed to make the decision to put that weight onto the first yoke to make up for it.
That looked like a bad decision as only Kearney was able to finish from group 1.
You don’t want stuff that heavy in the heats, basically it would have just been the top guys finishing the event.
Thor’s back, injury does not seem to affect him in static strength events (deadlift & log press). Good to see.
I was perversely rooting against that just because I’d quite like to see Brian take his fifth title. Thor is seemingly unstoppable though.
Brian is 100% healthy through the heats so that makes it interesting, Martins is doing well and has a v good smart support team with Odd advising and encouraging! MateusZ and Oleksi Ukrainian very very athletic, it is going to be a good one!
Oleksii Novikov seems to be the breakout star. Not big enough to podium without some others getting injured, but showing he can hang. Hope he takes the stones to make the final.
My god the last man standing stone…
I’ll be surprised if there’s not a backlash from some of the competitors, namely Novikov and him being essentially robbed of getting to the finals.
Congrats and props to Trey though. Great strongman and I’m not exactly expecting him to be a slouch in the finals. Just silly seeing as Novikov could have beaten Trey half asleep and he still missed out. Oh well.
Here’s to another year of fuckery in corporate strongman! Yee yaw!
P.S. totally amazed by both of their performances in the stones. Trey could have just kept going, too. Texas=best stone lifters.
Just imagine if JF had lost his stone-off.
Apparently, if Caron’s second opponent couldn’t lift the stone, they were going to let the guy who finished last have a go with a forklift.
BTW, I feel Kearney also got hard done by. Unlike Novikov, he split the heat wins with Thor and if he dragged the trucks 50cm further would probably have made the final.
Agree totally, he was looking really good going into this and just missed out
Looks like Martins pretty much has it in the bag now.
Unless he completely fails the stones. He’s up five on Mateusz and 8 on Thor. I guess Mateusz still has a Chan e if he wins the stones and Martins tears a biceps. But failing that(or another twist, are the stones doubled this year) it’s over.
There’s some great stone lifters this year. If Mateusz is sitting in first place then Martins has work to do to win.
What are the point totals or scoresheet etc?
Martins has to be a bit of a fan favorite right?
Yes, but so is shaw, thor, Mateusz, and Rob Kearney
How good is Martins at stones? I know Martins is a squat, deadlift and grip master, but is he tall enough, long enough in the arms to be a good stone lifter? What is Mateusz like?
Mateusz is good enough to win. Martins can win on his day.
The Stoltman brothers, Shaw, Thor, Trey are all good at stones.
Martin doesnt have to be that good at stones. Just 5 places better than Mateusz. Thor in 3rd would need a miracle to win or even place 2nd.
Thor has work to do just to stay on the podium.
I think Martins needs 4th if Mateusz wins the event. If Mateusz doesn’t win the he can get 5 places behind and win.
Is there anywhere showing/streaming it live? I think Martins has a great advisor in Odd and a good team. I think he will do it in the stones, enough to win that is…