Britain has a new Strongman champ, and as you may have guessed, the Stoltmans continue their reign of dominance. If the older brother isn’t the winner, the younger one is. The eldest, Luke, is currently the Europe’s strongest man and the Giants Live world tour winner. The younger brother, Tom Stoltman, is the current World’s strongest man and as of this Saturday- UK’s strongest man.
The placing was as follows:
- Tom Stoltman – 46 points
- Adam Bishop – 40 points
- Graham Hicks – 36 points
- Luke Stoltman – 35 points
- Pa O’Dwyer – 22.5 points*
- Mark Felix – 22.5 points
- Shane Flowers – 20 points
- Paul Smith – 19.5 points
- Andy Black – 19 points
- Desmond Gahan – 14.5 points
Events:
- Dumbbell Medley
- Super Yoke
- Deadlift for Reps
- Loading Race
- Atlas Stones
Dumbbell Medley
The rules were as follows; athletes get five giant dumbbells ranging from 80kg all the way up to 120kg and they have to press it overhead in the fastest time possible. Event winner- Luke Stoltman, followed by Tom Stoltman.
- Luke Stoltman – four in 33.76 seconds
- Tom Stoltman – four in 35.11 seconds
- Adam Bishop – four in 44.35 seconds
- Graham Hicks – three in 24.82 seconds
- Paul Smith – three in 25.59 seconds
- Pa O’Dwyer – three in 29.31 seconds
- Desmond Gahan – two in 18.9 seconds
- Mark Felix – two in 21.03 seconds
- Andy Black – two in 22.38 seconds
- Shane Flowers – two in 25.22 seconds
Super Yoke
Now, this is one of those events that” separates the men from the boys” and everyone showed up wearing their “big boys pants” as everyone finished the event within 20 seconds or less. The yoke weighed 400 kilograms (881.8 pounds) and the goal was to walk with the heavy-ass yoke 20 meters in 60 seconds or less.
The event winner was Adam Bishop with a time of 9.54 followed by Mark Felix with 11.36 seconds. 20-meter course in the fastest time possible within the 60-second time limit.
- Adam Bishop – 9.54 seconds
- Mark Felix – 11.36 seconds
- Tom Stoltman – 11.56 seconds
- Graham Hicks – 11.58 seconds
- Luke Stoltman – 12.22 seconds
- Paul Smith – 12.6 seconds
- Pa O’Dwyer – 15.58 seconds
- Shane Flowers – 19.39 seconds
- Andy Black – 19.5 seconds
- Desmond Gahan – 20.04 seconds
Deadlift for Reps
The deadlift, just the name itself says everything. if Ronnie Coleman was a Strongman he would have probably said “everyone wanna be a Strongman, but don’t no do no heavy ass deadlifts” or something like that. The deadlift is a classic Strongman event and needs no explanation. The rules were; you get a barbell loaded with 350kg and you have 60 seconds to bang out as many reps as you can in that time frame. This event saw a 3-way tie for the first place with Tom Stoltman, Andy Bishop and Graham Hicks all doing eight reps.
- Tom Stoltman – eight reps (T-first)
- Andy Bishop – eight reps (T-first)
- Graham Hicks – eight reps (T-first)
- Pa O’Dwyer – six reps (T-fourth)
- Mark Felix – six reps (T-fourth)
- Luke Stoltman – four reps (T-sixth)
- Shane Flowers – four reps (T-sixth)
- Andy Black – four reps (T-sixth)
- Paul Smith – three reps (T-ninth)
- Desmond Gahan – three reps (T-ninth)
Loading Race
After 3 events, it was time for some cardio in form of a loading race. Competitors had to carry a sandbag, a barrel, and a large tire down a 20 meter course in the quickest time possible. The events were done with two men at a time going head to head. Winner- Tom Stoltman with 35.01 seconds followed by Luke Stoltman with 36.25 seconds.
- Tom Stoltman – 35.01 seconds
- Luke Stoltman – 36.25 seconds
- Shane Flowers – 37.52 seconds
- Desmond Gahan – 39.09 seconds
- Adam Bishop – 39.79 seconds
- Paul Smith – 40.16 seconds
- Graham Hicks – 40.95 seconds
- Andy Black – 43.75 seconds
- Pa O’Dwyer – 45.16 seconds
- Mark Felix – 45.58 seconds
Atlas Stone
It is almost an unwritten rule that a Strongman show finishes with a dramatic head-to-head battle in the Atlas stones and yesterday was no different. At this point, Graham Hicks and Adam Bishop needed in the stones for either of them to win Britain’s Strongest Man again(Bishop BSM ’20 winner, Hicks BSM ’19 winner) and they needed to hope that Tom Stoltman( Atlas Stone world record holder) somehow gets a brain fart and fails this event. Unfortunately, Tom came in shape and won the events with five stones in under 20 seconds.
- Tom Stoltman – five in 18.9 seconds
- Graham Hicks – five in 20.88 seconds
- Andy Black – five in 22.12 seconds
- Adam Bishop – five in 22.33 seconds
- Luke Stoltman – five in 23.58 seconds
- Pa O’Dwyer – five in 24.24 seconds
- Shane Flowers – five in 25.05 seconds
- Mark Felix – five in 25.27 seconds
- Paul Smith – five in 30.5 seconds
- Desmond Gahan – four in 33.12 seconds
