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2018 SCL Abu Dhabi

The 2018 SCL Abu Dhabi was held on 2018-05-12 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 12 athletes competed across 5 events were contested.

Date: May 12, 2018
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates
Type: Strongman Champions League
Division: Men
Matjaž Belšak
1st Place

Matjaž Belšak 🇸🇮

Total Points: 58.5

Events (5 total)

  1. 1. Dumbbell Press
  2. 2. Carry Medley
  3. 3. Truck Pull
  4. 4. Deadlift
  5. 5. Loading Race

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Matjaž Belšak 🇸🇮 SLO 58.5
2 Dainis Zageris 🇱🇻 LAT 53.0
3 Mohammed Ezatpour 🇮🇷 IRI 41.5
4 Sean O'Hagan 🇮🇪 IRL 33.5
5 Phil Roberts 🇬🇧 GBR 31.5
6 Will Baggott 🇬🇧 GBR 31.0
7 Kelvin de Ruiter 🇳🇱 NED 28.0
8 Niko Vesterinen 🇫🇮 FIN 25.0
9 Jeremy Hogg 🇳🇿 NZL 24.5
10 Marc van der Haer 🇿🇦 RSA 19.0
11 Krzysztof Radzikowski 🇵🇱 POL 14.5
12 Omar Kamel 🇦🇪 UAE 9.0

Event-by-Event Results

Carry Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Matjaž Belšak 25.78 s 12.0
2 Phil Roberts 30.21 s 11.0
3 Dainis Zageris 33.50 s 10.0
4 Mohammed Ezatpour 37.03 s 9.0
5 Kelvin de Ruiter 39.47 s 8.0
6 Jeremy Hogg 43.10 s 7.0
7 Sean O'Hagan 53.81 s 6.0
8 Will Baggott 53.91 s 5.0
9 Niko Vesterinen 72.50 s 4.0
10 Krzysztof Radzikowski 20 m 3.0
11 Marc van der Haer 20 m 2.0
- Omar Kamel - 0.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Dainis Zageris 11 reps 12.0
2 Matjaž Belšak 9 reps 11.0
3 Phil Roberts 8 reps 10.0
4 Will Baggott 5 reps 9.0
5 Mohammed Ezatpour 3 reps 7.5
5 Jeremy Hogg 3 reps 7.5
7 Marc van der Haer 2 reps 6.0
8 Sean O'Hagan 1 rep 5.0
- Kelvin de Ruiter 0 reps 0.0
- Niko Vesterinen 0 reps 0.0
- Krzysztof Radzikowski (Withdrew) 0.0
- Omar Kamel 0 reps 0.0

Dumbbell Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Matjaž Belšak 12 reps 11.5
1 Krzysztof Radzikowski 12 reps 11.5
3 Dainis Zageris 9 reps 10.0
4 Mohammed Ezatpour 8 reps 9.0
5 Sean O'Hagan 7 reps 7.5
5 Phil Roberts 7 reps 7.5
7 Will Baggott 4 reps 6.0
8 Niko Vesterinen 3 reps 5.0
9 Omar Kamel 1 rep 4.0
- Kelvin de Ruiter 0 reps 0.0
- Jeremy Hogg 0 reps 0.0
- Marc van der Haer 0 reps 0.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Matjaž Belšak 3 in 18.10 s 12.0
2 Dainis Zageris 3 in 19.63 s 11.0
3 Niko Vesterinen 3 in 20.06 s 10.0
4 Kelvin de Ruiter 3 in 21.12 s 9.0
5 Mohammed Ezatpour 3 in 21.35 s 8.0
6 Marc van der Haer 3 in 23.22 s 7.0
7 Sean O'Hagan 3 in 24.32 s 6.0
8 Jeremy Hogg 3 in 26.96 s 5.0
9 Will Baggott 3 in 29.44 s 4.0
10 Omar Kamel 3 in 29.75 s 3.0
- Phil Roberts (Withdrew) 0.0
- Krzysztof Radzikowski (Withdrew) 0.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Matjaž Belšak 20.59 s 12.0
2 Kelvin de Ruiter 21.18 s 11.0
3 Dainis Zageris 22.13 s 10.0
4 Sean O'Hagan 23.28 s 9.0
5 Mohammed Ezatpour 23.50 s 8.0
6 Will Baggott 23.60 s 7.0
7 Niko Vesterinen 23.93 s 6.0
8 Jeremy Hogg 24.00 s 5.0
9 Marc van der Haer 24.07 s 4.0
10 Phil Roberts 24.18 s 3.0
11 Omar Kamel 37.40 s 2.0
- Krzysztof Radzikowski (Withdrew) 0.0
Last updated: March 3, 2026

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