The 2024 Strongman Champions League Dubai took place on September 7-8 in the United Arab Emirates. It was expected to be a very exciting competition, but the hype around it was raised to a whole new level once Hafthor Bjornsson made a surprise appearance. As expected, he ended up winning the entire competition by a significant margin.
Hafthor Bjornsson ended up winning four out of the six events at the 2024 Strongman Champions League Dubai. The remaining two events also featured high finishes for him. So, he ultimately ended with 72.5 points out of the possible 78.
2024 Strongman Champions League Dubai Results
- Hafthor Bjornsson — 72.5 points
- Evans Nana — 59.5 points
- George Sulaiman — 55 points
- Adam Roszkowski — 53 points
- Kane Francis — 51 points
- Kelvin de Ruiter — 37.5 points
- Kelin Mills — 37.5 points
- Fadi El Masri — 36 points
- Mika Törrö — 33 points
- Peter Juhasz — 32.5 points
- Rongo Keene — 29 points
- Ervin Toots — 26.5 points
- Fatih Karaca — 8 points
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Event One — Farmer’s Walk
The 2024 Strongman Champions League Dubai started off with the Farmer’s Walk event. So, the athletes had to pick up two 150-kilogram (330.7-pound) implements and carry it for a distance of 40 meters in total. The goal of the athletes was to finish the event in the shortest time possible.
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Evans Nana started the competition in the perfect way, being the only man to finish the event in under 20 seconds, thus taking the win. The second-best man was Fadi El Masri with a time of 21.13 seconds.
George Sulaiman got the better of Hafthor Bjornsson in their battle for top three, beating the Icelandic strongman by 0.53 seconds.
- Evans Nana — 19.48 s
- Fadi El Masri — 21.13 s
- George Sulaiman — 23.20 s
- Hafthor Bjornsson — 23.73 s
- Mika Törrö — 25.50 s
- Fatih Karaca — 27.23 s
- Kelvin de Ruiter — 27.83 s
- Kane Francis — 28.04 s
- Ervin Toots — 32.67 s
- Kelin Mills — 56.96 s
- Adam Roszkowski — 38 m
- Rongo Keene — 37 m
- Peter Juhasz — 21 m
Event Two — Hummer Pull
For the second event of the competition, the athletes were strapped in a vest which was attached via rope to a hummer truck behind them. They then had to move towards the finish line as quickly as possible while also pulling the truck. The fastest time won.
Hafthor Bjornsson was faster than everyone else, practically running while pulling the huge truck. In fact, he was so quick that he nearly got crushed by the truck, as it kept moving after Hafthor stopped. His final time came out to 16.18 seconds.
Kelvin de Ruiter also had a great performance, finishing in second-place with a time of 16.8 seconds. He was followed by Rongo Keene in third, who was half a second slower.
- Hafthor Bjornsson — 16.18 s
- Kelvin de Ruiter — 16.80 s
- Rongo Keene — 17.35 s
- Mika Törrö — 17.43 s
- Adam Roszkowski — 17.59 s
- Kelin Mills — 17.63 s
- Fadi El Masri — 17.95 s
- Evans Nana — 19.81 s
- Ervin Toots — 20.30 s
- Kane Francis — 20.47 s
- George Sulaiman — 20.92 s
- Peter Juhasz — 22.85 s
- Fatih Karaca — Withdrew
Event Three — Car Deadlift
The second day of the competition started off with a Car Deadlift event. The weight came out to 350 kilograms (771.6 pounds), meaning that the athletes had to perform as many reps as possible. However, they only had 60 seconds to do so.
As expected, Hafthor Bjornsson won the deadlift event without much trouble. It might not seem that way since he performed just one rep more than the second place finisher, but he seemed capable of doing a couple more if he had needed to. However, 12 reps proved to be the magic number.
George Sulaiman was the one who pushed Hafthor to such an extent, locking out 11 repetitions to claim second. The battle for third-place featured a three-way tie, as Nana, Roszkowski, and Mills had eight reps each.
- Hafthor Bjornsson — 12 reps
- George Sulaiman — 11 reps
- Adam Roszkowski — 8 reps
- Kelin Mills — 8 reps
- Evans Nana — 8 reps
- Rongo Keene — 7 reps
- Kane Francis — 7 reps
- Fadi El Masri — 6 reps
- Peter Juhasz — 3 reps
- Kelvin de Ruiter — 1 rep
- Mika Törrö — No Lift
- Ervin Toots — No Lift
Event Four — Log Lift
Similar to the previous event, the athletes once again had to perform as many reps as possible. However, in this instance, they had to overhead press a 150-kilogram (330.7-pound) Log. The time limit remained the same.
Many Strongman fans were happy to see Hafthor Bjornsson stand on top of the leaderboards in the Log Lift event, as he has been struggling with his overhead pressing due to the infamous pec tear. However, he had to share his first place with Evans Nana, as both of them locked out eight reps.
- Hafthor Bjornsson — 6 reps
- Evans Nana — 6 reps
- Adam Roszkowski — 5 reps
- Kane Francis — 4 reps
- Peter Juhasz — 4 reps
- George Sulaiman — 3 reps
- Kelin Mills — 2 reps
- Ervin Toots — 2 reps
- Rongo Keene — 1 rep
- Kelvin de Ruiter — 1 rep
- Fadi El Masri — No Lift
- Mika Törrö — No Lift
Event Five — Sandbag Loading Race
The penultimate event of the 2024 Strongman Champions League Dubai tasked the athletes with picking up, carrying, and loading three separate sandbags. The weight of the sandbags was as follows: 120-kg (264.5-lb), 140-kg (308.6-lb), and 160-kg (352.7-lb). On the other hand, all sandbags were placed 10 meters away from the platform.
Hafthor Bjornsson found himself on top of the leaderboards for the fourth consecutive event. This one was a bit more difficult for him though, as he was involved in a tight race between multiple athletes. However, Hafthor’s time of 21.66 seconds trumped all others.
Kane Francis earned a second-place finish by loading the final implement just one second after Hafthor. On the other hand, Peter Juhazs was just 0.3 seconds slower than Francis.
- Hafthor Bjornsson — 21.66 s
- Kane Francis — 22.81 s
- Peter Juhasz — 23.16 s
- Adam Roszkowski — 25.22 s
- Evans Nana — 26.89 s
- George Sulaiman — 27.40 s
- Kelvin de Ruiter — 30.46 s
- Mika Törrö — 30.66 s
- Ervin Toots — 32.20 s
- Fadi El Masri — 32.97 s
- Kelin Mills — 45.25 s
- Rongo Keene — 48.43 s
Event Six — Atlas Stone Medley
The final event of the competition was the Atlas Stones. Specifically, the athletes had to pick up and load six boulders increasing in weight and ranging from 120-kg (264.5-lb) to 185-kg (407.9-lb). They had 90 seconds to complete the event, but the goal was to finish as quickly as possible.
George Sulaiman proved to be the king of the stones at the 2024 Strongman Champions League Dubai, finishing all six in a time of 21.88 seconds. Second place went to Kane Francis, who also finished all six stones, but in a time of 22.71 seconds.
Hafthor Bjornsson ended up in third place in the event, thus officially solidifying his first place overall.
- George Sulaiman — 6 in 21.88 s
- Kane Francis — 6 in 22.71 s
- Hafthor Bjornsson — 6 in 23.17 s
- Adam Roszkowski — 6 in 24.51 s
- Evans Nana — 6 in 36.75 s
- Mika Törrö — 6 in 44.15 s
- Fadi El Masri — 6 in 45.27 s
- Kelin Mills — 6 in 47.22 s
- Ervin Toots — 6 in 62.17 s
- Peter Juhasz — 5 in 20.72 s
- Kelvin de Ruiter — 5 in 27.38 s
- Rongo Keene — 2 in 9.68 s
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Hafthor Bjornsson initially had plans of competing in three competitions this year. However, his competitive spirit got the better of him, as seen by his surprise appearance at the 2024 Strongman Champions League Dubai. It is clear that he is getting better with each performance, which is why it will be exciting to see what he brings to the 2024 Rogue Invitational.
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